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multiplex

/muhl-tuh-pleks/US // ˈmʌl təˌplɛks //UK // (ˈmʌltɪˌplɛks) //

复式,多重化,多工化,多工

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having many parts or aspects: the multiplex problem of drug abuse.
    • : manifold; multiple: the multiplex opportunities in high technology.
    • : Telecommunications. of, relating to, or using equipment permitting the simultaneous transmission of two or more signals or messages over a single channel.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Telecommunications. to arrange for use by multiplex telegraphy, allowing multiple synchronous signals to be sent and received on a single telegraph wire.to transmit by a multiplex system, circuit, or the like, as in telegraph and telephone communication, or television and radio broadcasting.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to send several messages or signals simultaneously, as in telegraph and telephone communication, or television and radio broadcasting.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a multiplex electronics system.
    • : a stereoscopic device that makes it possible to view pairs of aerial photographs in three dimensions.
    • : Also called mul·ti·plex cin·e·ma [muhl-tuh-pleks sin-uh-muh], /ˈmʌl təˌplɛks ˈsɪn ə mə/, mul·ti·plex the·a·ter [muhl-tuh-pleks thee-uh-ter]. /ˈmʌl təˌplɛks ˈθi ə tər/. a group of two or more movie theaters on the same site or in the same building, especially a cluster of adjoining theaters.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmultiple
Forms: multiplexes
as ininvolute
Forms: multiplexes
as incomplex
Forms: multiplexes
as inheterogeneous
Forms: multiplexes

Examples

  • Part of the fun of following the Fast & Furious franchise is getting wrapped up in the meta-narrative of its existence as a franchise — its long, strange path through the multiplex, across 20 years.

  • The facility, once seen as a testament to the company’s soaring ambition, offers snazzy rooms, a grand library, four swimming pools, and a multiplex cinema, among other amenities.

  • Nowadays, it looks like Anschutz is trying to get out of the multiplex business.

  • Once, after the midnight premiere of a summer blockbuster, I got trapped on the top floor of a giant multiplex.

  • What was the point of Outfest when you could see the next Todd Haynes movie in the multiplex?

  • Twelve people died when a madman opened fire at a multiplex cinema in Colorado in 2012.

  • What movie was showing when James Eagan Holmes opened fire at that multiplex in Aurora, Colo.

  • Harrowed by the multiplex difficulties surrounding an intrigue, Persis was kept waiting at the door a long time in the cold.

  • Multitudinous but not multiplex, in him odd and apparently incongruous notions dwelt peaceably together.

  • In some instances both varieties (xanthoma multiplex) are seen in the same individual.

  • It has been practically demonstrated that all organic life must be at least duplex if not multiplex in its constituent elements.

  • On one point, however, my whole multiplex estate of man was unanimous: the letter being gone, there was no help but I must follow.