twin
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Danh từ
noun- 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.
Đồng nghĩa: twindle, twinling, doublet
- 2.
Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- 3.
A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- 4.
(aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
- 5.
(crystallography) A twin crystal.
- 6.
(US)A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- 7.
(slang)(African-American Vernacular, slang) A friendly term of address, typically for men.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)(transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
- 2.
(intransitive)(intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- 3.
(passive, usually)(usually in the passive) 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.
(intransitive)To give birth to twins.
- 5.
(transitive)To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way.
- 6.
(intransitive)To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair.
twin beds, twin socks
- 2.
(not comparable)Forming a pair of twins.
the twin boys
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dwóh₁ From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (twin, multiple) and twinn (twin, two-fold, double, two by two), from Proto-Germanic *twinaz (double/two each, twin), Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twīhnaz (two each), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (twin), from *dwóh₁ (two).