“twelvefold”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

twelvefold

释义

twelvefold, a. and adv.|ˈtwɛlvfəʊld|
[f. twelve + -fold. Cf. OE. twelf-feald adj.]
A. adj.
a. Twelve times as great or as much.
b. Composed of twelve parts or divisions, or (in quot. 1854) of twelve kinds.
1557Recorde Whetst. B ij, Duodecupla, 12 to 1:..Twelue⁓fold.c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxviii. xxii, The twelve⁓fold race of godly Israell.1854C. Rossetti Paradise iv, The Tree of Life..with its twelvefold fruits.
B. adv. Twelve times in amount.
1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 150 First fruits shall be paid upon the mass of S. Martin; he who shall not then pay them, shall forfeit forty shillings, and pay twelvefold the value of the fruits.191019th Cent. Feb. 373 In Queensland the amount of sugar grown by white labour has increased twelvefold.

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