英语词汇“double-cross”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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Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense double-crosses, present participle double-crossing, past tense, past participle double-crossed

verb

If someone you trust double-crosses you, they do something which harms you instead of doing something they had promised to do.

[informal]

Don't try and double-cross me, Taylor, because I'll kill you. [VERB noun]

They were frightened of being double-crossed. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: betray, trick, cheat, sting [informal] More Synonyms of double cross

Double-cross is also a noun.

...a novel about double-crosses, blackmail and intrigue.

double cross in British English

noun

a technique for producing hybrid stock, esp seed for cereal crops, by crossing the hybrids between two different pairs of inbred lines

double-cross in British English

verb

1. (transitive)

to cheat or betray

noun

the act or an instance of double-crossing; betrayal

Derived forms

double-crosser (ˈdouble-ˈcrosser)

noun

double cross in American English

1. Genetics

a new hybrid produced by crossing two existing hybrids (A × B → AB, C × D → CD, AB × CD → ABCD)

2. Informal

a double-crossing; treachery

double-cross in American English

(ˈdʌbəlˌkrɔs)

verb transitive

Informal

to betray (a person) by doing the opposite of, or intentionally failing to do, what one has promised

Derived forms

double-crosser (ˈdouble-ˌcrosser)

noun

Examples of 'double cross' in a sentence
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Their manner, when they showed up, was so off, so beyond the expected awkwardness, that he should have sensed the double cross.I wouldn't put it past him to double-cross Schrader, especially after the rumour I heard the other day.`Even if we were to agree to your demands, what guarantees would we have that you wouldn't double-cross us once the ransom had been paid?At the time I did it as a safeguard against Pruitt trying to double-cross me after the hit.Maybe you and Bobby were lovers and conspired to double-cross me and Shawn.

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单词	double-cross
释义	Trends of double-cross View usage for: double-cross Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense double-crosses, present participle double-crossing, past tense, past participle double-crossed verb If someone you trust double-crosses you, they do something which harms you instead of doing something they had promised to do. [informal] Don't try and double-cross me, Taylor, because I'll kill you. [VERB noun] They were frightened of being double-crossed. [VERB noun] Synonyms: betray, trick, cheat, sting [informal] More Synonyms of double cross Double-cross is also a noun. ...a novel about double-crosses, blackmail and intrigue. double cross in British English noun a technique for producing hybrid stock, esp seed for cereal crops, by crossing the hybrids between two different pairs of inbred lines double-cross in British English verb 1. (transitive) to cheat or betray noun 2. the act or an instance of double-crossing; betrayal Derived forms double-crosser (ˈdouble-ˈcrosser) noun double cross in American English 1. Genetics a new hybrid produced by crossing two existing hybrids (A × B → AB, C × D → CD, AB × CD → ABCD) 2. Informal a double-crossing; treachery double-cross in American English (ˈdʌbəlˌkrɔs) verb transitive Informal to betray (a person) by doing the opposite of, or intentionally failing to do, what one has promised Derived forms double-crosser (ˈdouble-ˌcrosser) noun Examples of 'double cross' in a sentence double cross Their manner, when they showed up, was so off, so beyond the expected awkwardness, that he should have sensed the double cross. Jacquelyn Mitchard A THEORY OF RELATIVITY (2001) I wouldn't put it past him to double-cross Schrader, especially after the rumour I heard the other day. MacNeill, Alistair ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' (2001) `Even if we were to agree to your demands, what guarantees would we have that you wouldn't double-cross us once the ransom had been paid? MacNeill, Alastair CODE BREAKER (2001) At the time I did it as a safeguard against Pruitt trying to double-cross me after the hit. MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR (2001) Maybe you and Bobby were lovers and conspired to double-cross me and Shawn. Laura Lippman IN A STRANGE CITY (2001) Word lists with double cross embroidery
随便看	to make excuses for sb to make eye contact to make friends to make friends with sb to make fun of sb/sth to make fun of to poke fun at to make good to make good copy to make good time to make haste (to) to make headway to make heavy weather of something to make heavy weather of sth to make history to make improvements to sth to make inquiries to make it to make it one's business to do sth to make it plain to sb that ... to make it up to sb to make life easier to make light of sth to make like sth/sb to make love to make mincemeat of sb

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