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单词 two-way
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two-way

1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Two-way means moving or working in two opposite directions or allowing something to move or work in two oppositedirections.
The bridge is now open to two-way traffic.
Two-way trade between the two countries increased by more than forty per cent lastyear.
They were spied on via a two-way mirror.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A two-way radio can send and receive signals.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
If there is two-way help or learning, two people or groups are both helping each other or both learning from each other.
Education is a two-way process.
Trust is a two way thing.

two-way in British English

adjective
1. 
moving, permitting movement, or operating in either of two opposite directions
two-way traffic
a two-way valve
2. 
involving two participants
a two-way agreement
3. 
involving reciprocal obligation or mutual action
a two-way process
4. 
(of a radio, telephone, etc) allowing communications in two directions using both transmitting and receiving equipment

two-way in American English

(ˈtuˈweɪ)
adjective
1. 
having separate lanes for vehicles going in opposite directions
a two-way street
2. 
involving reciprocity, mutual obligation, etc.
a two-way cultural exchange, contract, etc.
3. 
involving two persons, groups, etc.
a two-way political race
4. 
a. 
used for both transmission and reception
a two-way radio
b. 
moving, operating, or allowing movement in either of two directions
a two-way faucet, two-way stretch, etc.
5. 
adapted for use in either of two ways; esp., reversible
a two-way raincoat

Examples of 'two-way' in a sentence
two-way

Teachers are also being equipped with two-way radios and whistles.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This two-way process works to the benefit of all those involved.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
There were two-way mirrors and the air vent was stuffed full of cameras.
The Sun (2013)
All for want of a two-way radio.
The Sun (2008)
The value chosen to represent two-way trade is then the lower of these two figures.
Forstner, Helmut, Ballance, Robert Competing in a Global Economy (1990)
The making of a play was a two-way process.
Rodney Bolt HISTORY PLAY: The Lives and After-life of Christopher Marlowe (2004)
Somewhat less appealing is the two-way mirror panel embedded at the top of the champagne wall.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The interaction between alumnus and applicant is a two-way process.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Leadership and education had to be a two-way process.
Low, Nicholas Politics, Planning and the State (1990)
It is a two-way process between sender and receiver.
Chambers, Ian Business Studies Basic Facts (1990)
The degree of competitiveness in the two-way trade of these industries is often positively influenced by economies of scale.
Forstner, Helmut, Ballance, Robert Competing in a Global Economy (1990)
That step would help to identify the industries where vertical differentiation makes the most important positive contribution to two-way trade.
Forstner, Helmut, Ballance, Robert Competing in a Global Economy (1990)
But the traffic has been two-way.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He spoke into a two-way radio.
Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993)
The room had a two-way mirror.
The Sun (2014)
The traffic should be two-way.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So it is two-way traffic.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Maybe could be two-way traffic if they didn't see you as a threat.
The Sun (2014)
The action is visible through wide gaps in the wall from waist high up, as if we were staring at them through two-way mirrors.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
His two-way radio crackles with news of wounded protesters as he ferries medical supplies to underground doctors in his car, which doubles as an ambulance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
two-way

British English: two-way ADJECTIVE
Two-way means moving or working in two opposite directions or allowing something to move or work in two opposite directions.
The bridge is now open to two-way traffic.
  • American English: two-way
  • Brazilian Portuguese: de duplo sentido
  • Chinese: 双向的
  • European Spanish: de doble sentido
  • French: dans les deux sensN
  • German: in beiden Richtungen
  • Italian: a doppio senso
  • Japanese: 二方向の
  • Korean: 양방향의
  • European Portuguese: de duplo sentido
  • Latin American Spanish: de doble sentido
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