multiply

1. V-T/V-I When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount. 使大大增加; 大大增加

Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 此類爭(zhēng)論在18世紀(jì)和19世紀(jì)大大增加。

2. V-I When animals and insects multiply, they increase in number by giving birth to large numbers of young. 大量繁殖

These creatures can multiply quickly. 這些生物能迅速大量繁殖。

3. V-T 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. 乘

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

6乘以9得多少？