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单词 redouble
释义

redouble

[ ree-duhb-uhl ]
/ riˈdʌb əl /
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verb (used with object), re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling.

verb (used without object), re·dou·bled, re·dou·bling.

noun

Bridge. the act of doubling one's opponent's double.
Fencing. an attack in a line other than that of the previous attack, made after the failure of the opponent to follow his or her parry of the previous attack with a riposte.

Origin of redouble

From the Middle French word redoubler, dating back to 1470–80. See re-, double

OTHER WORDS FROM redouble

re·dou·bler, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH redouble

redouble , reduplicate

Words nearby redouble

Redon, redondilla, Redondo Beach, red osier, red-osier dogwood, redouble, redoubt, redoubtable, redoubted, redound, redout
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British Dictionary definitions for redouble

redouble
/ (rɪˈdʌbəl) /

verb

to make or become much greater in intensity, number, etcto redouble one's efforts
to send back (sounds) or (of sounds) to be sent back; echo or re-echo
bridge to double (an opponent's double)

noun

the act of redoubling
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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