| 单词 | double |
| 释义 | double (once / 72 pages) 1adjadvnv 2n 3vadv 4v 5adj Something is double if it has two parts or if there are two versions of it. If you order a double dip ice cream cone, there will be two scoops of ice cream for you to lick. If you fall while you're roller skating and end up with a double arm fracture, it means you broke your arm in two places. A joke with a double meaning has two of them, and if you double your tips at the coffee shop by smiling more at customers, you're making twice as much money. In addition to the adjective and verb versions of double, there's the noun: your double is someone who looks exactly like you. WORD FAMILYdouble: doubled, doubler, doubles, doubling, doublingly, doubly+/doubler: doublers/doubling: doublings USAGE EXAMPLESHowever, it is estimated that if YouTube was included, the figure for streams accessed by music fans in the UK would double. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It is much like the old Swedish proverb that expresses, “A shared joy is a doubled joy. A shared sorrow is half a sorrow.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Heinze said officials plan to request money from the Legislature this year to double the number of current sirens, costing $1.9 million. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs an egg with a double yolk a double (binary) star double doors duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure Syn dual, duple multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 2adj having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities a double (or dual) role for an actor "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison Syn dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 3adj having two meanings with intent to deceive a sly double meaning Syn forked ambiguous, equivocal open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead 4adj twice as great or many ate a double portion the dose is doubled Syn doubled, two-fold, twofold multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 5adj large enough for two a double bed a double room Syn big, large above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent 6adj used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis Syn|Ant bivalent univalent used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with its homologous chromosome during synapsis multivalentused of the association of three or more homologous chromosomes during the first division of meiosis 7adv two together some people sleep better double 8adv to double the degree his eyes were double bright Syn doubly, twice 9n a quantity that is twice as great as another 36 is the double of 18 Hyper multiple the product of a quantity by an integer 10n raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 I decided his double was a bluff Syn|Hyper doubling raise increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) 11n a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base he hit a double to deep centerfield Syn|Hypo|Hyper two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser line double, line-drive double a double resulting from a line drive base hit, safety (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely 12v increase twofold The population doubled within 50 years Syn|Hypo|Hyper duplicate redouble double again geminatearrange or combine in pairs manifold, multiply combine or increase by multiplication 13v do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions She doubles as his wife and secretary Hyper function, go, operate, run, work perform as expected when applied 14v hit a two-base hit Hyper hit cause to move by striking 15v make or do or perform again 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate copy, replicate reproduce or make an exact copy of recapitulaterepeat stages of evolutionary development during the embryonic phase of life geminate, reduplicateform by reduplication reproduce make a copy or equivalent of 1n a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable Syn|Hyper stunt man, stunt woman backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) 2n someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) 3he could be Gingrich's double Syn|Hypo|Hyper image, look-alike clone, dead ringer, ringer a person who is almost identical to another individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being 1v bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain He doubled and vomited violently Syn|Hyper double over, double up bend, flex form a curve 2adv downward and forward 4he was bent double with pain v bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit) 5Hyper bid, call make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands adj used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical Ant single used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals |
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