| 单词 | geminate | 
| 释义 | geminateadj.n. A. adj.   Duplicated, combined in pairs, twin, binate.  geminate leaves, leaves springing in pairs from the same node, one leaf beside the other. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > 			[adjective]		 double1393 coupledc1440 conjugate1471 duplicate?a1475 jumellec1475 gemel1497 geminate1589 paired1595 fellowed1654 duplicatory1659 gemellous1697 dyadic1728 duplex1817 Siamese twins1829 parial1849 dyad1869 duadic1879 pairwise1913 duplicitous1985 1589    R. Hakluyt tr.  in  Princ. Navigations  ii. 361  				Wee desire of your Maiestie, to..continue the geminate disposition of your beneuolences, both generally to all our Subiects, and also priuately to this our beloued seruant. 1836    J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 		(rev. ed.)	 1099  				Geminate, doubled. 1872    D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. 		(new ed.)	  ii. 213  				Observe the frequently geminate leaves and extra-axillary inflorescence of the Order. 1880    A. Gray Struct. Bot. 413/1.  				 1951    V. Nabokov Speak, Memory vii. 98  				Spacious windows alternated with narrower ones, single or geminate, and some of these were of frosted glass. 1964    R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics iii. 103  				Consonants can be long, or geminate, when the closure or obstruction is held momentarily before release.  B. n.   A doubled consonant. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > 			[noun]		 > doubled geminate1885 1885    A. S. Cook tr.  E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. 		(1887)	 99  				B..occurs..in medial and final positions as a geminate. 1958    Archivum Linguisticum 10 61  				The question of ‘subsidiary’ syllables, perceptibility as against sonority, whispered speech, dipthongs and geminates. 1965    Language 41 449  				Intervocalic p t k indicate a so-called short geminate; pp tt kk stand for overlong geminates. Derivatives  ˈgeminately adv. in pairs, doubly. (In recent dictionaries.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). geminatev.  transitive. To double. Also passive of two contiguous teeth: To be united. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > multiplication by two > multiply by two or double			[verb (transitive)]		 doublec1290 duplec1425 redouble1477 duplify1509 reduplicate1570 duplicate1623 ingeminate1625 geminatea1637 twice1637 iterate1660 a1637    B. Jonson Eng. Gram.  i. iii, in  Wks. 		(1640)	 III  				W, Is but the V. geminated in the full sound. 1670    T. Brooks Wks. 		(1867)	 VI. 326  				Macon..is a Hebrew participle that signifies firm, constant, and established; and he geminates it, ‘my heart is firm, constant, and established’. 1721    in  N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.  				 1881    Coleman in  Trans. Odont. Soc. XIII. 9  				It appeared to consist of the two central incisors geminated. 1885    A. S. Cook tr.  E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. 		(1887)	 100  				F..is..a surd spirant..when geminated in the medial position. Derivatives  ˈgeminated adj. doubled, occurring in pairs. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > 			[adjective]		 > occurring in pairs geminous1646 geminated1802 1802    in  Spirit of Public Jrnls. 		(1803)	 6 100  				They would run hooting about, bawling and dancing with geminated clamours. 1819    G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 122  				Atypus..Eyes on each side geminated. 1859    J. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. 43  				Mr. Brookhouse..sent me two examples of geminated teeth. 1885    A. S. Cook tr.  E. Sievers Old Eng. Gram. 		(1887)	 123  				The geminated consonants were often written long after the second had ceased to be pronounced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018). <  | 
	
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