doubles

dou·ble

D0352200 (dŭb′əl)adj.1. Twice as much in size, strength, number, or amount: a double dose.2. Composed of two like parts: double doors.3. Composed of two unlike parts; dual: a double meaning; a double role for an actor.4. Accommodating or designed for two: a double bed; a double room.5. Characterized by duplicity; deceitful: speak with a double tongue.6. Botany Having many more than the usual number of petals, usually in a crowded or an overlapping arrangement: a double chrysanthemum.n.1. Something increased twofold.2. One that closely resembles another; a duplicate.3. a. Something having two identifiable or prominent parts or members.b. Something capable of carrying, moving, or holding two people or things, as a mattress.4. a. An actor's understudy.b. An actor who takes the place of another actor in scenes requiring special skills or preparations: a stunt double; a body double.5. An apparition; a wraith.6. a. A sharp turn in a direction of movement; a reversal.b. A sharp, often devious change in position or argument; a shift.7. doubles Sports A form of a game, such as tennis or handball, having two players on each side.8. Baseball A hit enabling the batter to reach second base. Also called two-bagger, two-base hit.9. Games a. A bid in bridge indicating strength to one's partner; a request for a bid.b. A bid doubling one's opponent's bid in bridge, thus increasing the penalty for failure to fulfill the contract.c. A hand justifying such a bid.v. dou·bled, dou·bling, dou·bles v.tr.1. To make twice as great.2. To be twice as much as: doubled the score of his opponent.3. To fold in two.4. To clench (one's fist).5. To duplicate; repeat.6. To turn (an enemy spy) into a double agent.7. Baseball a. To cause the scoring of (a run) by hitting a double.b. To advance or score (a runner) by hitting a double.c. To put out (a runner) as the second part of a double play.8. Games To challenge (an opponent's bid) with a double in bridge.9. Music To duplicate (another part or voice) an octave higher or lower or in unison.10. Nautical To sail around: double a cape.v.intr.1. To be increased twofold: The debt soon doubled.2. To turn sharply or all the way around; reverse one's course: had to double back to touch the missed base.3. To serve in an additional capacity: a frying pan that doubles as a pie tin; a conductor who doubles as a pianist.4. To replace an actor in the actor's absence or in a certain scene.5. Baseball To hit a double.6. Games To announce a double in bridge.adv.1. To twice the amount or extent; doubly: paid double for the customized car.2. Two together; in pairs: sleeping double.3. In two: bent double.Phrasal Verb: double up1. To bend suddenly, as in pain or laughter.2. To share accommodations meant for one person.Idiom: on/at the double1. Immediately.2. In double time.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin duplus; see dwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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dou′ble·ness n.

doubles

(ˈdʌbəlz) n1. (Tennis) (functioning as plural) a. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etcb. (as modifier): a doubles player. 2. (Badminton) (functioning as plural) a. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etcb. (as modifier): a doubles player. 3. (Squash & Fives) (functioning as plural) a. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etcb. (as modifier): a doubles player.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	doubles - badminton played with two players on each sidebadminton - a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
	2.	doubles - tennis played with two players on each sidelawn tennis, tennis - a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

Translations

双打

double

(ˈdabl) adjective1. of twice the (usual) weight, size etc. A double whisky, please. 兩倍的 两倍的2. two of a sort together or occurring in pairs. double doors. 成雙的 双的3. consisting of two parts or layers. a double thickness of paper; a double meaning. 雙重的 双重的4. for two people. a double bed. 雙人的 双人的 adverb1. twice. I gave her double the usual quantity. 雙倍地 双倍地2. in two. The coat had been folded double. 成兩個 把…对折 noun1. a double quantity. Whatever the women earn, the men earn double. 兩倍 两倍2. someone who is exactly like another. He is my father's double. 極相似的人 极相似的人 verb1. to (cause to) become twice as large or numerous. He doubled his income in three years; Road accidents have doubled since 1960. 加倍，變成兩倍 加倍2. to have two jobs or uses. This sofa doubles as a bed. 兼任，兼作為 兼作ˈdoubles noun singular or noun plural in tennis etc, a kind of match with two players on each side. I enjoy playing doubles; (also adjective) a doubles match. (網球等)雙打 双打double agent a spy paid by each of two countries hostile to each other. 雙面間諜 双重间谍double bass (beis) a type of large stringed instrument, the largest and deepest in sound of the violin family. 低音提琴 低音提琴ˌdouble-ˈbedded adjective containing a double bed. a double-bedded room. 備有雙人床的 备有双人床的double-ˈcheck verb to check something again. double-check the results of the experiment. 複檢 复核ˌdouble-ˈcross verb to betray (someone for whom one has already arranged to do something deceitful). 出賣 出卖ˌdouble-ˈdealing noun cheating and deceitfulness. 兩面派 搞两面派 adjective cheating. You double-dealing liar! 兩面派的 搞两面派的ˌdouble-ˈdecker noun a bus etc having two decks or levels. 雙層公共汽車 双层公共汽车 adjectivea double-decker bus. 雙層結構的 双层，双层结构的 ˌdouble-ˈDutch noun nonsense. You're talking double-Dutch! 莫名其妙的話 无法理解的言语，莫名其妙的话 double figures the numbers between 10 and 99. The number of times you have been late is well into double figures. 兩位數 两位数ˌdouble-ˈquick adjective, adverb very quick(ly). Get here double-quick / in double-quick time! 極快的，極快地 很快的，很快地 at the double very quickly. He came up the road at the double and rushed into the house. 極快地 很快地double back to turn and go back the way one came. The fox doubled back and went down a hole. 往回跑 往回跑double up1. to (cause to) bend or collapse suddenly at the waist. We (were) doubled up with laughter; He received a blow in the stomach which doubled him up. （因大笑或劇痛而）彎著身子 （因大笑或剧痛而）弯着身子 2. to join up in pairs. There weren't enough desks, so some pupils had to double up. 兩人合用 与别人合用see double to see two images of everything instead of only one. When I first met the twins, I thought I was seeing double, they were so alike. 把一物看成二個 把一物看成二形