| 释义 |
Noun: doubles dúbulz- Badminton played with two players on each side
- Tennis played with two players on each side
Noun: double dúbul- A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
"he hit a double to deep centerfield"
- two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser - A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
"his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"
- stunt man, stunt woman - Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
"he could be Gingrich's double"
- image, look-alike - A quantity that is twice as great as another
"36 is the double of 18" - Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
"I decided his double was a bluff"
- doubling
Verb: double dúbul- Increase twofold
"The population doubled within 50 years"
- duplicate - Hit a two-base hit
- Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
"He doubled and vomited violently"
- double over, double up - Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
"She doubles as his wife and secretary" - Bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
- Make or do or perform again
- duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
See also: double up, doubling Type of: backup, backup man, badminton, base hit, bend, bid, call, fill-in, flex, function, go, hit, individual, lawn tennis, manifold, mortal, multiple, multiply, operate, person, raise, relief, reliever, reproduce, run, safety, somebody, someone, soul, stand-in, substitute, tennis, work Part of: card game, cards Encyclopedia: Double, Double Double Double, Double, Boy in Trouble Double, Triple, and Quadruple Eagles Double, Double, Toil and Trouble Doubles |