名詞孿晶; 孿生兒之一，雙胞胎之一; 兩個(gè)相像的人或物之一; 雙人床
及物動(dòng)詞尤用于英國)使結(jié)成姊妹城市; 使（兩人或兩事物）緊密結(jié)合; 使偶合; 使相連
形容詞成對的; 成雙的; 雙重的; 雙聯(lián)的
形容詞
1. She gave birth to twins.
她生了雙胞胎。
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2. He is the younger twin of the two.
他是這對雙胞胎中的弟弟。
家庭
A：Hey, Olaf, is this a picture of you?
嗨，噢拉夫，這是你的照片嗎？
B：That’s a good guess, but actually that’s my brother.
猜對了。但實(shí)際上這是我哥哥的。
A：But, he looks just like you!
可他長得真像你！
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B：Maybe that’s because we’re twins!
也許因?yàn)槲覀兪请p胞胎吧！
A：I see. Who else is in the picture?
我明白了。照片中還有誰？
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B：The person to my twin brother’s left is his wife, Susan.
我雙胞胎哥哥的左邊是他的妻子蘇珊。
A：Do they have any children?
他們有孩子嗎？
B：They just have one son named David. He’s the little one over there wearing the red sweater.
他們只有一個(gè)兒子，叫大衛(wèi)，就是那邊那個(gè)穿紅毛線衫的小孩。
A：Oh, he’s very cute. Who is the woman next to Susan?
噢，他看起來真可愛。蘇珊旁邊的那位女士是誰？
B：That’s my older sister, Frederique.
那是我姐姐，芙瑞德瑞克。
A：Is she married?
她結(jié)婚了嗎？
B：No, but she’s been dating the same guy for five years. He’s the guy with the glasses behind her.
沒有。但她已和同一個(gè)人約會(huì)談戀愛五年啦，就是她后面戴眼鏡的那位。
A：He’s cute. What about your parents? Are they in the picture, too?
他挺招人喜歡的。你的父母呢？他們也在照片上嗎？
B：No, the older couple in the picture is my aunt Mary and my uncle Joseph.
他們不在照片上。照片上的那對年老夫婦是我的瑪麗姨媽和約瑟夫姨夫。
A：Why aren’t you in that picture?
你怎么不在照片上？
B：I was taking it!
我在（給他們）拍照！
1. 雙晶：當(dāng)兩個(gè)結(jié)晶長在一起不能分開時(shí),稱為雙晶(Twin). 水晶的雙晶有兩種,最常見的是貫入雙晶(Interpenetrant Twin),是兩個(gè)晶體在形成的過程中晶面相接觸,并沒有深入另一結(jié)晶. 當(dāng)水晶有兩個(gè)生長尖端(Termination)時(shí),
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2. 雙胞胎：但是諺語又說:為了節(jié)省用電而早早上床是不智之舉--如果制造出雙胞胎(twin)的話. 其實(shí)你對任何不滿、反對、錯(cuò)誤或不平,幾乎都可以運(yùn)用幽默的力量來扭轉(zhuǎn)局面. 你是否對現(xiàn)代生活的某些方面感到煩憂和惶恐?幽默的力量能夠幫助你,
3. 特溫：是最大支流)、布拉克佛特(Blackfoot)、波特納夫(Portneuf)、拉夫特(Raft)和比格伍德(Big Wood)等河流.亨利斯河及比格伍德河自北邊流入蛇河.其他在北邊的河流滲入蛇河平原,成為廣大地下水庫的一部分.米爾納壩(Milner Dam)下游靠近特溫瀑布城處有特溫(Twin)和肖肖尼(Shoshone)瀑布,
1. 雙胞胎之一;孿生兒之一
If two people are twins, they have the same mother and were born on the same day.
e.g. Sarah was looking after the twins...
薩拉當(dāng)時(shí)正在照管那對雙胞胎。
e.g. I think there are many positive aspects to being a twin…
我認(rèn)為身為雙胞胎中的一個(gè)有很多積極方面。
2. 成對的;成雙的
Twin is used to describe a pair of things that look the same and are close together.
e.g. ...the twin spires of the cathedral.
大教堂的那對尖塔
e.g. ...the world's largest twin-engined aircraft.
世界上最大的雙引擎飛機(jī)
3. 相似的;相關(guān)的
Twin is used to describe two things or ideas that are similar or connected in some way.
e.g. ...the twin concepts of liberty and equality...
自由與平等這兩個(gè)密切相關(guān)的概念
e.g. Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse.
沒有采取任何措施把這些婦女從乞討或濟(jì)貧院這兩大相似的災(zāi)難中拯救出來。
4. 使結(jié)成友好地區(qū);使結(jié)為特殊關(guān)系
When a place or organization in one country is twinned with a place or organization in another country, a special relationship is formally established between them.
e.g. Five Polish banks are to be twinned with counterparts in Western Europe...
5 家波蘭銀行將和 5 家西歐銀行結(jié)為姐妹銀行。
e.g. The borough is twinned with Kasel in Germany.
該自治市與德國的卡瑟爾市結(jié)成了友好城市。
5. (鎮(zhèn)或市)友好的,姐妹的
Twin towns or cities are twinned with each other.
e.g. This led Zagreb's twin town, Mainz, to donate ￡70,000-worth of high-quality equipment.
這使得薩格勒布的友好城市美因茨捐贈(zèng)了價(jià)值 7 萬英鎊的高品質(zhì)裝備。
6. see also: identical twin;Siamese twin