喜樂美語

Picture two babies arriving from the same mother at the same time — a matched pair that came into the world together. From that one picture the word spreads: first to the person (a twin), then to anything that comes in a matched pair, and finally to the act of pairing two separate things up so they belong together.

可以想成：同一個母親、同一個時間，一次來了兩個。那個畫面裡最關鍵的不是「兩個」而是「成雙」——它們同時出現、彼此對應、拆開來看就少了一半。twin 的各種用法就像從這個畫面長出來的：先是指人（雙胞胎），再擴到任何一組相配的東西（兩張床、兩個同時發生的問題），最後變成動作，把本來各自獨立的兩邊配成一對。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

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n複數 twins

v過去式 twinned過去分詞 twinned-ing twinning三單 twins

原始詞典資料19 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Twinnoun

  • 1

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesA player who plays for the Minnesota Twins.

Twinname

  • 1

    A town in Marion County, Alabama.

twinnoun詞源 1/twɪn/

  • 1

    Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.

    • twin girls, twin daughters, twin sisters, twin boys, twin sons, twin brothers, twin babies, twin children
    • Katie is Jessica's twin.
  • 2

    Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc.

    • Your idea is the twin of mine.
  • 3

    Either of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc.

    • He is my twin (wearing the same shirt, driving the same car, etc.).
  • 4

    slangEither of two similar or closely related objects, plans, institutions, people, etc.

    • Yo, twin, lemme rap at ya.
  • 5

    Contains or comprises a pair

  • 6

    chemistrycrystallographynatural-sciencesContains or comprises a pair

  • 7

    aeronauticsaerospaceaviationContains or comprises a pair

  • 8

    Refers to a specific size

另外 1 個記錄的用法
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    Refers to a specific size

twinverb詞源 1/twɪn/

  • 1

    To separate, divide.

  • 2

    To split, part; to go away, depart.

  • 3

    To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with.

    • Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.
    • Coventry twinned with Dresden as an act of peace and reconciliation, both cities having been heavily bombed during the war.
  • 4

    To give birth to twins.

    • “I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”
    • Twinning today is abnormal in all higher primates, and possibly adaptive only in the one species with an obstetrical technology that permits a high rate of survival of twins.
  • 5

    To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.

    • The invert child and her innocent child are together lost children, twinning each other despite their distinctions.
    • I was awake to the horror of our twinning each other in paralysis, and feared that we would soon talk only about the daily, intimate care serious paralysis demands […]
  • 6

    To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.

    • “I see you got us twinning today.” Byrd kissed Lay quickly. “I wanted you to dress like me today,” he admitted.
    • “We're totally twinning today!” said Zoey. “You sure are,” said Chef Piper. “I whipped up a special dessert for tonight.”

twinadj詞源 2/twɪn/

  • 1

    Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.

    • twin beds, twin socks
  • 2

    Forming a pair of twins.

    • the twin boys

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