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单词 multilevel
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multileveladj.n.

Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈlɛvl/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈlɛv(ə)l/; see also multi- comb. form.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, level n.
Etymology: < multi- comb. form + level n.
A. adj.
1. Having, involving, or operating on several levels. (literal and figurative.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adjective] > having many levels
multilevel1911
multiplaned1959
1911 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 8 274 The ‘consolation that the multi-level modes of attention were first observed’ in the author's own laboratory seems hardly sufficient justification for concealing them from the student.
1928 Philos. Rev. 37 102 There are two types of individuals—one group of the two-level type, and another of the multi-level form.
1952 Los Angeles Examiner 19 Mar. iii. 1 (caption) Multi-level apartment hotel is planned as the center for the development.
1973 Times 5 Oct. (Safety Suppl.) p. ii Junctions are multilevel and local roads..are carried over or under their dual carriageways.
1994 NewMedia Aug. 20/3 IBM's new multilevel disc technology can squeeze as many as 10 stacked discs together and read them as one.
2. Business. Designating or relating to a system of direct sales in which buyers at each level of the hierarchy or pyramid secure the participation of further buyers, esp. at a lower level. Cf. pyramid n. 10b.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > selling methods or techniques
direct1892
soft-selling1921
tie-in1943
hard sell1946
pyramid1949
switch selling1960
multilevel1970
cold-call1985
ambush1987
1970 Southwestern Reporter (U.S.) 2nd Ser. 452 532/1 These plans are essentially multi-level marketing programs for a cosmetic line produced by Koscot.
1989 Times 30 Oct. 29/4 Mrs Doris Wood..arrived in London to promote ‘multi-level marketing’.
1995 Gordon (Nebraska) Jrnl. 4 Jan. 6/5 Pyramid schemes..are imitations of legitimate multi-level businesses in which a large number of people at the bottom are required to pay money to a few people at the top—thus forming a pyramid.
B. n.
1. In plural. Multiple levels. rare.
ΚΠ
1947 M. McLuhan Let. Dec. (1987) 190 I heard him on the puns in St. Aug's Confessions. He noted they were inseparable from the multi-levels of simultaneous presentation.
1999 Internat. Travel News (Nexis) 1 Nov. 133 Paintings..were considered sacred, with multilevels of meaning.
2. A building or apartment on more than one level.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > flat or apartment > type of
studio flat1882
studio apartment1884
mansard1886
penthouse1892
single end1897
walk-up1907
railroad flat1908
simplex1912
service flat1913
studio1918
kitchenette1920
duplex1922
garden flat1922
flatlet1925
show flat1929
quadruplex1939
council flat1941
garden apartment1942
walk-back1945
multilevel1959
tower apartment1961
condominium1962
triplex1962
condo1984
1959 Sunday Times 12 Apr. 21/6 America welcomed the one-storey ‘ranch’ house and the ‘split level’. Today, the development builders, who can find new names for old things, are trumpeting the ‘multi level’.
1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 82/3 (advt.) Unusual multi-levels. Charming bedroom apts.
1999 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Metro section) 4 Homes here are an eclectic mixture of mostly two-stories, Cape Cods, ranches and multilevels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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