单词 | twin |
释义 | noun | adjective | verb twintwin1 /twɪn/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] one of two children born at the same time to the same mother: My brother and I are twins. → see also conjoined twins, identical twin, fraternal twin, Siamese twin noun | adjective | verb twintwin2 ●●○ adjective [only before noun] 1twin sister/brother/daughters etc. someone who is a twin: Did you know George has a twin sister?twin boys/girls She gave birth to twin girls.2like something else and considered with it as a pair: the twin towers of the cathedral3used to describe two things that happen at the same time and are related to each other: the twin problems of poverty and unemploymenttwin goals/objectives/aims How can we reach these twin goals? [Origin: Old English twinn double] noun | adjective | verb twintwin3 verb (twinned, twinning) [transitive usually passive] to form a relationship between two places, people, or ideas, or make people think that this relationship exists: twin somebody/something with somebody/something The Democrat and the Republican were twinned with each other in front of the TV cameras. |
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