单词 | duplicate |
释义 | duplicate —duplicative, adj. n. , adj. /dooh"pli kit, dyooh"-/; v. /dooh"pli kayt', dyooh"-/, n. , v. , duplicated, duplicating, adj. n. 1. a copy exactly like an original. 2. anything corresponding in all respects to something else. 3. Cards. a duplicate game. 4. in duplicate, in two copies, esp. two identical copies: Please type the letter in duplicate. v.t. 5. to make an exact copy of. 6. to do or perform again; repeat: He duplicated his father's way of standing with his hands in his pockets. 7. to double; make twofold. v.i. 8. to become duplicate. adj. 9. exactly like or corresponding to something else: duplicate copies of a letter. 10. consisting of or existing in two identical or corresponding parts; double. 11. Cards. noting a game in which each team plays a series of identical hands, the winner being the team making the best total score. [1400-50; late ME < L duplicatus (ptp. of duplicare to make double), equiv. to duplic- (s. of duplex) DUPLEX + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 1. facsimile, replica, reproduction. 5. See imitate. 10. twofold. Ant. 1. original. |
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