英语词汇“double letter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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double letter

double letter n. (a) a letter of the alphabet denoting two sounds, as x (= ks), ψ (= πσ); (b) in Printing, two letters combined in one type, as ff, fi; † (c) a letter written on two sheets and charged double postage (obsolete).

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1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 303 (note) Simonides..devised also these double letters in the Greeke Alphabete (namely ξ. ψ. θ).

1753 Scots Mag. July 328/2 The rates of double letters, are always double; of treble letters, treble.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 135 The postman, who was just coming to the door with a double letter.

extracted from doubleadj.¹adv.

as lemmas

单词	double letter
释义	> as lemmas double letter double letter n. (a) a letter of the alphabet denoting two sounds, as x (= ks), ψ (= πσ); (b) in Printing, two letters combined in one type, as ff, fi; † (c) a letter written on two sheets and charged double postage (obsolete). ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. 303 (note) Simonides..devised also these double letters in the Greeke Alphabete (namely ξ. ψ. θ). 1753 Scots Mag. July 328/2 The rates of double letters, are always double; of treble letters, treble. a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 135 The postman, who was just coming to the door with a double letter. extracted from doubleadj.¹adv. < as lemmas
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