twin
英 [twɪn]
美[twɪn]
- vt. 使成对
- n. 双胞胎中一人
- adj. 双胞胎的
- vi. 成对;生双胞胎
- n. (Twin)人名;(英)特温
词态变化
复数: twins;第三人称单数: twins;过去式: twinned;现在分词: twinning;
助记提示
1、PIE root dwo-, dwi- "two, double" => two, twice, twain, twin, duo.
中文词源
twin 成比的,成对的,双胞胎
词源同 two,二。引申词义成双的,成对的等,后用于指双胞胎。
英英释意
- 1. either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- 2. a duplicate copy
英文词源
- twin
- twin: [OE] Twin originally meant simply ‘double’, but the specific application to ‘two people born at the same birth’ had already evolved by the end of the Old English period. The word goes back via prehistoric Germanic *twisnaz to Indo- European *dwisno-, a derivative of the base *dwi- ‘double’ (other derivatives formed with the same -n suffix include English between and twine [OE] – etymologically thread of ‘two’ strands).
=> between, twine, two - twin (adj.)
- Old English twinn "consisting of two, twofold, double, two-by-two," from Proto-Germanic *twisnjaz "double" (cognates: Old Norse tvinnr "double, twin," Old Danish tvinling, Dutch tweeling, German zwillung), from PIE *dwisno- (cognates: Latin bini "two each," Lithuanian dvynu "twins"), from *dwi- "double," from root *dwo- "two" (see two). Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota have been the Twin Cities since 1883, but the phrase was used earlier of Rock Island and Davenport (1856).
- twin (v.)
- "to combine two things closely, join, couple," late 14c., from twin (adj.). Related: Twinned; twinning. In Middle English, the verb earlier and typically meant "to part, part with, separate from, estrange," etc. (c. 1200), on the notion of making two what was one.
- twin (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old English getwinn "double;" getwinnas "twins, two born at one birth," from twinn (see twin (adj.)).
考试真题
- When the twin towers fell, Americans stopped travelling.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- People in our neighborhood find it hard to believe she's my twin sister.
出自-2013年6月听力原文
- Social learning theories also don't explain why reinforcement and modeling work for some children but not others, especially those in the same family and even identical twins.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- He does not believe they are twin sisters.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
- On mu recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by its mother.
2016年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文
- To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house all three departments began in June of 1871.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
- To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house al
2018年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- She's expecting twins.
- 她怀着双胞胎。
牛津词典
- Oxford is twinned with Bonn in Germany.
- 牛津和德国的波恩结成了友好城市。
牛津词典
- The opera twins the themes of love and death.
- 这出歌剧把爱与死的主题紧密结合在一起。
牛津词典
- twin boys/girls
- 孪生男孩 / 女孩
牛津词典
- a twin brother/sister
- 孪生兄弟 / 姐妹中的一个
牛津词典
- a ship with twin propellers
- 有双螺旋桨的船
牛津词典
- The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and rehabilitation.
- 监狱有惩罚和改造双重目的。
牛津词典
- Sarah was looking after the twins...
- 萨拉当时正在照管那对双胞胎。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I think there are many positive aspects to being a twin…
- 我认为身为双胞胎中的一个有很多积极方面。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the twin spires of the cathedral.
- 大教堂的那对尖塔
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the world's largest twin-engined aircraft.
- 世界上最大的双引擎飞机
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the twin concepts of liberty and equality...
- 自由与平等这两个密切相关的概念
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse.
- 没有采取任何措施把这些妇女从乞讨或济贫院这两大相似的灾难中拯救出来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The borough is twinned with Kasel in Germany.
- 该自治市与德国的卡瑟尔市结成了友好城市。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- This led Zagreb's twin town, Mainz, to donate £70,000-worth of high-quality equipment.
- 这使得萨格勒布的友好城市美因茨捐赠了价值 7 万英镑的高品质装备。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The sympathy between the twin brothers is so great that they often smile and cry at the same things.
- 这对孪生兄弟的共同情感非常强烈,他们常常对于同一事物要笑就一起笑,要哭就一起哭.
《用法词典》
- The twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration.
- 经济失败和社会解体这对孪生问题.
期刊摘选
- Objective To investigate the clinic effects of the twin pregnancy after assistant reproductive tech ˉ nology.
- 生殖技术[摘要]目地探讨辅助生殖技术后多胎妊娠地临床结局.
期刊摘选
- The twin brothers bled for their country and died without any regrets.
- 这对孪生兄弟为国流血牺牲,死而无憾.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I need it for tonight. I prefer twin beds. I'll settle for a double.
- 我今天晚上要住. 我比较喜欢有两张床的房间.我可以勉强接受一张双人床.
期刊摘选
- And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
- 过了三个月,我们上了亚力山太的船,往前行。这船以宙斯双子为记,是在海岛过了冬的。
期刊摘选
- There are twin holes on each side of the instrument.
- 这工具的两边各有一对孔眼.
《简明英汉词典》
- Both the twin brothers were born and bred in London.
- 这对双胞胎兄弟是在伦敦长大的.
《简明英汉词典》
- She is often mistaken for her twin sister.
- 她常被人当作是她的孪生姐妹.
《简明英汉词典》
- Can you tell her from her twin sister?
- 你能将她和她的孪生姐妹分开 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- The twin brothers are as like as two peas.
- 那两个兄弟毫无二致.
《现代汉英综合大词典》