【每日一词】semiotics之加减乘除
加
add (v.): put (numbers or amounts) together to get a total
【源拉丁语】addo/addere: ad-="to"; -do/dere="put", means simply "put to"
Ex: Add 360 to the total.
3+4＝7:
Three added to four makes seven.
Three and four add up to seven.
If you add three to four, you get seven.
plus (prep.): with the addition of
Ex: Two plus five is seven.
(n.): the sign +
and (conj.): added to; plus
Ex: 5 and 5 makes 10.
sum (n.): total obtained by adding together numbers, amounts or items
Ex: The sum of 5 and 3 is 8.
减
subtract (v.): take (a number or quantity) away from (another number, etc)
【源拉丁语】subtractus, the past participle of Latin subtrahere "pull away": sub-, usually "under" but here used in the sense "away"; tractus/ trahere="taken"
Ex: If you subtract 3 from 5, you get 2.
6 subtracted from 9 is 3.
minus (prep.): with the deduction of; less
Ex: Seven minus three equals four.
(n.): the mathematical symbol
take ... from: subtract (a number) from another one
Ex: If you take five from twelve, you're left with seven.
乘
multiply (v.): add a number to itself a particular number of times
【源拉丁语】multiplico/multiplicāre: multus="much"; plico="fold"; multiply=manifold
Ex: 2 and 3 multiply to make 6
2 multiplied by 4 makes 8
One can make 12 by multiplying 2 and 6 (together) or 4 and 3 (together),
times (prep.): multiplied by
Ex: Five times two is/equals ten
除
divide (v.): 1.find out how many times one number is contained in another
2.be able to be multiplied to give another number
【源拉丁语】divido/dīvidere: di="apart"; vid="separate"
Ex: 30 divided by 6 is 5.
If you divide 20 by 4, the answer is 5.
Ten divided by five is two.
Three will not divide into eleven.
Five divides into thirty six times.
into (prep.): used to express division in mathematics
Ex: 5 into 25 = 5.
add (v.): put (numbers or amounts) together to get a total
【源拉丁语】addo/addere: ad-="to"; -do/dere="put", means simply "put to"
Ex: Add 360 to the total.
3+4＝7:
Three added to four makes seven.
Three and four add up to seven.
If you add three to four, you get seven.
plus (prep.): with the addition of
Ex: Two plus five is seven.
(n.): the sign +
and (conj.): added to; plus
Ex: 5 and 5 makes 10.
sum (n.): total obtained by adding together numbers, amounts or items
Ex: The sum of 5 and 3 is 8.
减
subtract (v.): take (a number or quantity) away from (another number, etc)
【源拉丁语】subtractus, the past participle of Latin subtrahere "pull away": sub-, usually "under" but here used in the sense "away"; tractus/ trahere="taken"
Ex: If you subtract 3 from 5, you get 2.
6 subtracted from 9 is 3.
minus (prep.): with the deduction of; less
Ex: Seven minus three equals four.
(n.): the mathematical symbol
take ... from: subtract (a number) from another one
Ex: If you take five from twelve, you're left with seven.
乘
multiply (v.): add a number to itself a particular number of times
【源拉丁语】multiplico/multiplicāre: multus="much"; plico="fold"; multiply=manifold
Ex: 2 and 3 multiply to make 6
2 multiplied by 4 makes 8
One can make 12 by multiplying 2 and 6 (together) or 4 and 3 (together),
times (prep.): multiplied by
Ex: Five times two is/equals ten
除
divide (v.): 1.find out how many times one number is contained in another
2.be able to be multiplied to give another number
【源拉丁语】divido/dīvidere: di="apart"; vid="separate"
Ex: 30 divided by 6 is 5.
If you divide 20 by 4, the answer is 5.
Ten divided by five is two.
Three will not divide into eleven.
Five divides into thirty six times.
into (prep.): used to express division in mathematics
Ex: 5 into 25 = 5.
