thousandfold

a. 千倍的 adv. 千倍地, 成千倍

发音

UK /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/
US /ˈθaʊzəndfoʊld/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.

    The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.

  2. 2.

    Having one thousand parts or members.

adv.
  1. 1.

    By a factor of a thousand.

词源

From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.

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