英:[sep'tjʊpl]
美:[sep'tjʊpəl]
英:[sep'tjʊpl]
美:[sep'tjʊpəl]
n.
七倍
vt.
乘以七
adj.
七的,七倍的
sep·tu·ple
sep tU pl [or] sep tu pl [or] sep tuh pl
复数:septuples
第三人称单数:septuples
现在分词:septupling
过去式:septupled
过去分词:septupled
adjective
consisting of seven : being seven times as great or as many : sevenfold
taken by sevens or in groups of seven
noun
a sum seven times as great as another : a sevenfold amount : the seventh multiple
verb
transitive verb
to make seven times as much or as many
intransitive verb
to become seven times as much or as many
Adjective Late Latin septuplus, from Latin septem seven + -uplus (as in quadruplus quadruple)
1 He went from 3 under to 4 over, producing a septuple bogey — scoring a 10 on the hole.
2 The name septuple, sometimes applied to this system, refers to the fact that the number of trees in each group-unit is seven.
3 Multiplicative; Single or alone, double or twofold, triple or threefold, quadruple or fourfold, quintuple or fivefold, sextuple or sixfold, septuple or sevenfold, octuple or eightfold, &c.
4 Equilateral triangle system refers to the planting of the trees in equilateral triangles, but is identical with the hexagonal or septuple.
5 For setting orchards a number of different systems may be used, but the two best adapted to the pecan orchard, are the square or rectangular and the hexagonal or septuple.
6 He tapped in — mercifully — to finish the 12th with a septuple bogey.