When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount.
例句
Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries...這類糾紛在18和19世紀大量增多。Her husband multiplied his demands on her time.她丈夫需要她的時間大大增加。
VERB
繁殖;滋生
When animals and insects multiply, they increase in number by giving birth to large numbers of young.
例句
These creatures can multiply quickly.這些動物能迅速繁殖。
VERB
乘;使相乘
If you multiply one number by another, you add the first number to itself as many times as is indicated by the second number. For example 2 multiplied by 3 is equal to 6.
例句
What do you get if you multiply six by nine?9乘以6得多少？...the remarkable ability to multiply huge numbers correctly without pen or paper.不借助紙筆而能正確計算大數字乘積的非凡能力