twin

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n. 双胞胎中一人, 一对非常相像的人(或物)中的一个 a. 双胞胎的, 成对的, 孪生的 vi. 生双胞胎, 成对 vt. 怀(双胞胎), 使成对

发音

US /twɪn/

词形变化

twins 复数 twins twinned twinning twins 三单 twinning 现在分词 twinned 过去式 twinned 过去分词

别名

twynne twine

教材释义与例句

名词

双胞胎中一人

one of two children born at the same time to the same mother

动词

使成对

动词

成对；生双胞胎

形容词

双胞胎的

used to describe one of two children who are twins

释义与例句

n. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

    双胞胎

    双生子

    孖生

  2. 2.

    Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.

  3. 3.

    A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.

  4. 4.

    A two-engine aircraft.

    航空 商务 工程
  5. 5.

    A twin crystal.

    化学
  6. 6.

    A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress.

    美国
  7. 7.

    A friendly term of address, typically for men.

    俚语 非裔美国英语
v.
  1. 1.

    To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To separate, divide.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To split, part; to go away, depart.

    不及物
  5. 5.

    To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.

    Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.

    Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.

  6. 6.

    To give birth to twins.

    不及物
adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Forming a pair of twins.

    the twin boys

  2. 2.

    Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.

    twin beds, twin socks

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

counterpart Gemini similitude

上位词 7

actor worker duplicate sibling doer duplication sib

下位词 2

identical twin monozygotic twin
动词

同义词 6

couple match mate pair parallel duplicate

上位词 10

have check join agree bear grow match fit birth deliver

下位词 2

mismatch mismate

近义相关 1

match
形容词

同义词 3

matching duplicate twinned

相关短语

twin killing twin crystal [医] 孪晶 Twin Towers 双塔式建筑 twin bed n. （成对床之一的）成对单人床 twin paradox [化] 双生子佯谬 twin prime 孪生素数 twin quasar twin quasars twin town n. 姊妹城 twin beds twin tub twin killings twin room 双人间 twin primes 孪生素数 twin rooms

词源

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinaz (“double/two each, twin”), Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twīhnaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish tvilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).

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