double
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
The closet has double doors.
- 2.
(not comparable)Of twice the quantity.
Give me a double serving of mashed potatoes.
Britain's population density used to be double that of China.
- 3.
(not comparable)Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother.
- 4.
(not comparable)Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
a double room
a double garage
- 5.
(not comparable)Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- 6.
(not comparable)Stooping; bent over.
- 7.
(not comparable)Having two aspects; ambiguous.
a double meaning
- 8.
(not comparable)False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
a double life
A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
- 9.
(not comparable)Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- 10.
(not comparable)(music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
a double bass
- 11.
(not comparable)(music) Of time, twice as fast.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)Twice over; twofold; doubly.
February 7 1736, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope I was double their age.
- 2.
(not comparable)Two together; two at a time.
When I met the twins, I thought I was seeing double.
There are only a few beds, so some of the children will have to sleep double for the night.
- 3.
(not comparable)Into two halves or sections.
The old man was bent double under his heavy burden.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- 2.
A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.
- 3.
A drink with two portions of alcohol.
On second thought, make that a double.
- 4.
A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- 5.
A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- 6.
A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
I have more than 200 stamps in my collection but they're not all unique: some are doubles.
Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles.
- 7.
(baseball) A two-base hit.
The catcher hit a double to lead off the ninth.
- 8.
(bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- 9.
(billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- 10.
A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- 11.
(darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- 12.
(darts) A hit on this ring.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To multiply by two.
The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
- 2.
(intransitive)To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
- 3.
To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- 4.
(transitive)To fold over so as to make two folds.
To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
- 5.
(sometimes, transitive)(transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- 6.
(baseball) To get a two-base hit.
The batter doubled into the corner.
- 7.
(often, transitive)(transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- 8.
(transitive)To repeat exactly; copy.
- 9.
(intransitive)To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
A spork is a kind of fork that doubles as a spoon.
- 10.
(ambitransitive, sometimes)(ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- 11.
(theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- 12.
(intransitive)To turn sharply, following a winding course.
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