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cross-multiply

/kraws-muhl-ti-plahy, kros-/US // ˈkrɔsˈmʌl tɪˌplaɪ, ˈkrɒs- //

相乘,跨越式的乘法,交叉乘以,相互交乘

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    cross-mul·ti·plied, cross-mul·ti·ply·ing.Mathematics.

    • : to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.

Examples

  • The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

  • If they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?

  • The reason: activist government and unionized government often work at cross purposes.

  • What do you get when you cross an oil company with gay rights?

  • Idiocies multiply in direct proportion to the accumulating legal rigidities.

  • In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).

  • I cannot believe that God would think it necessary to come on earth as a man, and die on the Cross.

  • And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.

  • At Jaques Cartier they had but one batteau to cross the army over with, and were fired upon during the whole time by two frigates.

  • Father Salvierderra said if we repined under our crosses, then a heavier cross would be laid on us.