twin

[twin]

adj.孪生的, 紧密联系的
n.双胞胎之一

n.[C]

1. 双胞胎之一

He is the younger twin of the two.

他是这对双胞胎中的弟弟。

2. 孪生儿[P]

She gave birth to twins.

她生了双胞胎。

3. 两个极相似的人(或事物); 两个关系极密切的人(或事物)[P]

4. (有成对单人床的)双人房间

5. 双子星座[the P]

a.[Z][B]

1. 孪生的

She is Claire's twin sister.

她是克莱儿的孪生姐妹。

2. 非常相似的; 成对的

The government has to deal with the twin issues of inflation and unemployment.

政府必须对付通货膨胀与失业这两个密切相关的问题。

3. 双重的

The plan has a twin purpose.

这一计划有双重目的。

vt.

1. 使成对; 使偶合

2. 使结成姐妹市[(+with)]

Our city is twinned with Seoul.

本市与汉城结成姐妹市。

vi.

1. 生双胞胎

2. 成对; 偶合[(+with)]

词形变化

动词过去式: twinned | 动词过去分词: twinned | 动词现在分词: twinning | 动词第三人称单数: twins |

词义辨析

同义:

n.副本, 同等物, 助手, 知己

counterpart  complement  correspondent  duplicate  double  clone  equivalent  equal  match  mate  second self  best friend  companion  brother or sister  mirror image  carbon copy  dead ringer  alter ego  identical twin  frasternal twin  Siamese twin

a.相同的, 相似的, 同种的

similar  cognate  congeneric  congenerous  kindred  connatural  fellow  like  alike  of a piece  akin  corresponding  correspondent  comparable  homologous  matching  same  selfsame

a.两个的, 成对的, 二重的, 二倍的

double  duplex  duplicate  two  binate  binary  geminate  couple  conjugate  twofold  dual  paired  matching  same  corresponding  mirroring  identical  fellow  

同义参见:

match  marry  correspondence  half  coordinate  facsimile  accompany  parallel  

英英释义

名词 twin:

either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini

同义词：Gemini

a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho

同义词：Twin Falls

a duplicate copy

同义词：counterpart, similitude

动词 twin:

duplicate or match

同义词：duplicate, parallel

bring two objects, ideas, or people together

同义词：match, mate, couple, pair

grow as twins

give birth to twins

形容词 twin:

being two identical

同义词：duplicate, matching, twinned

very similar

同义词：siamese

补充

twintwin英:[twin] 美:[twɪn]n.1.孪生儿之一, 双胞胎之一Many people thought they were twins.许多人以为他们是双胞胎。2.两个相像[密切关联]的人[物]之一There are twin holes on each side of the instrument.这工具的两边各有一对孔眼。

例句

1. I think there are many positive aspects to being a twin.我认为身为双胞胎有很多优势。 2. Sarah was looking after the twins.莎拉当时正在照看那对双胞胎。 3. They are identical twins.他们是同卵双胞胎。 4. We've no double rooms left, only a twin.我们没有双人床房间了, 只有一个带两张单人床的房间。 5. Thomas could just see the tops of the cathedral's twin towers.托马斯只能看到大教堂双塔的塔尖。 6. Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse.当时并没有采取任何行动来把这些妇女从乞讨或济贫院同样水深火热的苦海中解救出来。 7. This is a state ruled by the twin concepts of car travel and convenience.在这个国家, 开车出行就等同于便利。 8. Five Polish banks are to be twinned with counterparts in Western Europe.5家波兰银行将和5家西欧银行结为姐妹银行。 9. Exeter is twinned with Rennes.埃克塞特与雷恩结成了友好城市。 10. His name will always be twinned with that of our school.他的名字将和我们学校的名字永远联系在一起。 11. Paris is twinned with Beijing.巴黎和北京结成姊妹城市。 12. there was a bruise on his cheek, a twin to the one on mine.他的面颊上有块瘀伤，和我的一模一样。 13. she gave birth to twin boys.她生了对双胞胎儿子。 14. her twin sister.她的孪生姐妹。 15. the twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration.经济失败和社会解体这对孪生问题。 16. twin seed leaves.双生子叶。 17. the Russian city of Kostroma is twinned with Durham.俄国的科斯特罗马市与达勒姆结为姐妹城。 18. the company twinned its core business of brewing with that of distilling.这家公司将其核心业务酿造和蒸馏联合起来。 19. They're very alike. Are they twins?他们长得很像，是不是孪生儿？ 20. a twin brother/sister孪生兄弟╱姐妹 21. identical twins单卵双胞胎 22. twin engines双引擎 23. twin beds成对的单人床 24. She's the mother of twins.她是一对双胞胎的母亲。 25. The twins went swimming after lunch.午饭后这对双胞胎去游泳了。 26. My sister just had twins.我姐姐刚生了一对双胞胎。 27. Sarah and her brother are twins.萨拉和她的弟弟是一对双胞胎。 28. I didn't know she had a twin. [=a sister/brother who is her twin]我不知道她还有个孪生姐妹/兄弟。 29. I found one glove but I can't find its twin. [=I can't find the other glove]我找到了一只手套，但找不到另一只。 30. my twin brother [=my brother who is my twin]我的孪生弟弟 31. They had twin girls.他们生了一对双胞胎女儿。 32. a twin-engine airplane [=an airplane that has two engines]双引擎飞机 33. the twin goals of reducing oil dependence and protecting the environment既减少石油依赖又保护环境的双重目标 34. Research is twinned [=coupled] with technology.研究与科技密不可分。 35. They will be twinned [=paired] in the pages of history.他们将在史册中被紧密联系在一起。 36. two cultures with a twinned destiny命运紧密相连的两种文化 37. Our town is twinned with a town of roughly the same size in France.我们市与法国一座规模相当的城市结成了友好城市。