单词 | dual |
释义 | dual —dually, adv. /dooh"euhl, dyooh"-/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or noting two. 2. composed or consisting of two people, items, parts, etc., together; twofold; double: dual ownership; dual controls on a plane. 3. having a twofold, or double, character or nature. 4. Gram. being or pertaining to a member of the category of number, as in Old English, Old Russian, or Arabic, that denotes two of the things in question. n. Gram. 5. the dual number. 6. a form in the dual, as Old English git "you two," as contrasted with ge "you" referring to three or more. [1535-45; < L dualis containing two, relating to a pair, equiv. to du(o) TWO + -alis -AL1] |
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