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单词 redouble
释义 re·double
I. \(ˈ)rē+\ verb
Etymology: re- + double, v.
transitive verb
1. : to make twice as great in size or amount : renew more vigorously : double, intensify
 < redoubled attacks >
 < the German radio redoubled its frenzied screaming — S.L.A.Marshall >
2.
 a. obsolete : to echo back
  < their moans the vales redoubled — John Milton >
 b. archaic : to repeat a second time : duplicate
  < the negative … should be once expressed in a simple sentence; but we generally find it redoubled in old English — John Stoddart >
intransitive verb
1. : to become twice as great or greatly intensified
 < the wails redoubled — Josephine Pinckney >
2. archaic : resound
 < peal upon peal redoubling all around — William Cowper >
3. : to double again
 < the noise doubles and redoubles >
 < the mountain path doubles and redoubles upon itself >
4. : to double an opponent's double in bridge
II. noun
1. : an act or instance of redoubling; specifically : a bridge call permissible only when the last previous call other than a pass was a double by an opponent and having the effect of doubling the scoring values established by the double for tricks and penalties — compare auction bridge, contract bridge
2. : any attack excepting the straight thrust made when a fencing opponent closes the original line of attack but does not riposte
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