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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- twin [twɪn] [twɪn]
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- 1. adjective 由两个相似（或密切相关）的部分组成的；成对的，成双的
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2.
adjective
一双（或一对）之一的，配对物的
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3.
adjective
孪生的，双生的，双胞胎的
- twin girls
- 孪生女
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4.
adjective
孪生儿之一的，双胞胎之一的
- a twin sister
- 孪生姐(或妹)
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5.
noun
双胎，双生儿，孪生儿；孪生儿之一
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6.
noun
（外表、外形、构造等）极相似的两个人（或物）
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7.
noun
[crystallography]
孪晶
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8.
vi.
生双胞胎，生孪生儿
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9.
vi.
（与…）成双或成对
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10.
vi.
[archaic]
在同一胎中出生，孪生
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11.
vt.
生（双胞胎或孪生儿）
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12.
vt.
为…提供配对物，为…配对
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13.
vt.
使成双，使成对
Collins English-English Dictionary
- twin [twɪn]
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1.
n
macle a crystal consisting of two parts each of which has a definite orientation to the other
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2.
n
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3.
n
either of two persons or animals conceived at the same time
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4.
n
(as modifier) - See also identical fraternal
- a twin brother
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5.
n
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6.
n
either of two persons or things that are identical or very similar; counterpart
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7.
n
(as modifier)
- twin carburettors
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8.
vb
to pair or be paired together; couple
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9.
vi.
[intr]
to bear twins
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10.
vi.
[intr]
(of a crystal) to form into a twin
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11.
vi.
[intr]
[archaic]
to be born as a twin
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12.
vi.
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13.
vt.
[tr]
to create a reciprocal relation between (two towns in different countries); pair (a town) with another in a different country
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14.
vi.
[intr]
(of a town) to be paired with a town in a different country
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15.
vi.
[Etymology]
Old English twinn; related to Old High German zwiniling twin, Old Norse tvinnr double
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1.
n
macle a crystal consisting of two parts each of which has a definite orientation to the other
Examples
- to mistake one twin for the other
- 把两个孪生兄弟认错 → mistake
- twin beds
- 两张完全相同的单人床 → twin
- twin girls
- 孪生女 → twin
- a twin sister
- 孪生姐(或妹) → twin
- He is so joyful, the direct opposite of his twin brother.
- 他是那样的快乐，他的孪生哥哥则恰恰相反。 → direct
- Of the twin brothers, Tom is the elder by a few minutes.
- 这对孪生兄弟里，汤姆早出生了几分钟。 → elder
- a twin brother → twin
- twin carburettors → twin
- 孪子
- twin boys → 孪
- 孪生姐妹
- twin sisters → 孪生
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