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multiple

adjective
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🔊/ˈmʌltɪpl/
🔊/ˈmʌltɪpl/
[only before noun]
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  1.  
     many in number; involving many different people or things数量多的；多种多样的
    • The shape appears multiple times within each painting.形状在每幅画中出现多次。
    • research based on multiple sources基于多种来源的研究
    • multiple copies of documents各种文件的大量的副本
    • a story that works on multiple levels一个可以在多个层面上运作的故事
    • a multiple entry visa多次入境签证
    • a multiple birth (= several babies born to a mother at one time)多胎分娩
    • a multiple pile-up (= a crash involving many vehicles)连环车祸
    • Buyers can acquire single or multiple units.买家可以购买一个或多个单位。
    • a house in multiple ownership/occupancy (= owned/occupied by several different people or families)多户所有／使用的房屋
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMultiple is used with these nouns:
    • birth
    • choice
    • collision
    • …
    See full entry
  2. (of a disease or injury) complex in its nature or effects; affecting several parts of the body
    • She suffered multiple injuries in the crash.她在坠机事故中多处受伤。
    • multiple fractures of the pelvis骨盆多处骨折
    • patients with multiple organ failure多器官功能衰竭患者
    • There were multiple stab wounds on his body.他的身上有多处刺伤。
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex ‘multiple’.

multiple

noun
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  1. (mathematics数学) a quantity that contains another quantity an exact number of times倍数
    • 14, 21 and 28 are all multiples of 7.14、21 和 28 都是 7 的倍数。
    • You can buy these chocolate bars in multiples of five.您可以以五的倍数购买这些巧克力棒。
    see also least common multiple, lowest common multipleTopics Maths and measurementb2
  2. (also multiple store)
     (both British English, old-fashioned)
    (also chain store British and North American English)
    a shop that is one of a series of similar shops owned by the same company
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex ‘multiple’.