twin
- IPA[twɪn]
英式
- one of two children or animals born at the same birth；a person or thing that is exactly like another
- forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth；forming a matching, complementary, or closely connected pair
- link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange；link; combine
noun: twin, plural noun: twins
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名詞
- 1. one of two children or animals born at the same birth experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins the twins were approaching their third birthday 同義詞
- ▪ a person or thing that is exactly like another there was a bruise on his cheek, a twin to the one on mine 同義詞
- ▪ the zodiacal sign or constellation Gemini.
- 2. something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts.
- ▪ a twin-bedded room the hotel has 54 rooms, of which 4 are twins
- ▪ a twin-engined aircraft.
- ▪ a twinned crystal.
形容詞
- 1. forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth she gave birth to twin boys her twin sister
- ▪ forming a matching, complementary, or closely connected pair the twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration 同義詞
- ▪ growing in pairs twin seed leaves
- ▪ (of a bedroom) containing two single beds we have twin and three-bedded rooms
- ▪ (of a crystal) twinned.
動詞
- 1. British link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange the Russian city of Kostroma is twinned with Durham
- ▪ British link; combine the company twinned its core business of brewing with that of distilling
- the bearing of twins: the study showed an increased level of twinning in cattle
Oxford American Dictionary
- the bearing of twins: the study showed an increased level of twinning in cattle
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a crystal) that is a composite consisting of two (or sometimes more) parts which are ... cerrusite, pseudo-hexagonal crystals, usually twinned a mass of twinned crystals
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a crystal) that is a composite consisting of two (or sometimes more) parts which are ... cerrusite, pseudo-hexagonal crystals, usually twinned a mass of twinned crystals
Oxford American Dictionary
- either of two neighbouring cities lying close together.
Oxford Dictionary
- either of two neighboring cities lying close together.
Oxford American Dictionary
- (of a washing machine) having two separate top-loading drums, one for washing and the other for ...
- a twin-tub washing machine.
Oxford Dictionary
- (of an aircraft) having two jet engines.
- a twin-jet aircraft.
Oxford Dictionary
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- one of two children or animals born at the same birth: experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins the twins were approaching their third birthday
- forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth: she gave birth to twin boys her twin sister
- link; combine: the company twinned its core business of brewing with that of distilling
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