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单词 double-barrelled
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double-barrelled

/ˌdʌb(ə)lˈbarəld /
adjective
1(Of a gun) having two barrels.He said: ‘When I looked out of the office I saw this double-barrelled gun which was being pointed quite dramatically at me.’...
  • Police are puzzled as to how the stock of a double-barrelled gun arrived there or how long the waterlogged part had been there.
  • Upset with the surveyors, as well as with their own relatives who had sold the land in their absence, they again demanded the double-barrelled guns they were promised.
1.1Having two parts or aspects.The double-barrelled question is a clear instance of the transgression of this rule, but in addition there is the case of a question like....
  • The stable girl said in a statement that he had suffered ‘a double-barrelled kick - both the horse's feet came off the ground’.
  • All of the questions posed are double-barrelled.
2British (Of a surname) having two parts joined by a hyphen.He said the couple, who live in Pocklington, had considered a double-barrelled surname but decided to keep things simple....
  • You know how the English like their double-barrelled surnames?
  • ‘When Port Vale lost to Cardiff 3-1 last week, two players with double-barrelled surnames scored,’ says Steve.
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