英语词汇“irish twins”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Irish twins

Irish twins n. colloquial (originally U.S.) siblings born less than a year apart; also occasionally in singular.With allusion to the belief that Irish Catholic families have several children in quick succession.Now likely to be considered offensive.

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1966 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. III. (at cited word) Irish twins—two children born within or in less than one year of each other in a family.

1970 L. Auchincloss Second Chance 69 His wife, it seemed, was having a second child, who would be an ‘Irish twin’ of the first.

2003 K. Kuitenbrouwer Way Up i. 16 Pauline was exactly ten months younger than me, so that, for two months every year, we were peers, barely one gestation apart, Irish twins.

extracted from Irishadj.adv.n.

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单词	irish twins
释义	> as lemmas Irish twins Irish twins n. colloquial (originally U.S.) siblings born less than a year apart; also occasionally in singular.With allusion to the belief that Irish Catholic families have several children in quick succession.Now likely to be considered offensive. ΚΠ 1966 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. III. (at cited word) Irish twins—two children born within or in less than one year of each other in a family. 1970 L. Auchincloss Second Chance 69 His wife, it seemed, was having a second child, who would be an ‘Irish twin’ of the first. 2003 K. Kuitenbrouwer Way Up i. 16 Pauline was exactly ten months younger than me, so that, for two months every year, we were peers, barely one gestation apart, Irish twins. extracted from Irishadj.adv.n. < as lemmas
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