twin
英 [twɪn] 美 [twɪn]

n.

孪生儿之一，双胞胎之一；两个相像的人或物之一；孪晶；双人床

vt.

尤用于英国)使结成姊妹城市；使（两人或两事物）紧密结合；使偶合；使相连

adj.

成对的；成双的；双重的；双联的

变形

复数：twins过去式：twinned现在分词：twinning第三人称单数：twins

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]孪生儿之一,双胞胎之一 either of two children born of the same mother at the same time
2. [C]两个相像〔密切关联〕的人〔物〕之一 either of people or things closely related or connected, or very like each other

英英释义

twin[ twin ]

• n.
  • either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini

    同义词：Gemini

  • a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho

    同义词：Twin Falls

  • a duplicate copy

    同义词：counterpartsimilitude

• v.
  • duplicate or match

    "The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse"

    同义词：duplicateparallel

  • bring two objects, ideas, or people together

    同义词：matchmatecouplepair

  • grow as twins

    "twin crystals"

  • give birth to twins
• adj.
  • being two identical

    同义词：duplicatematchingtwinned

  • very similar

    同义词：siamese

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• give birth to twins生双胞胎
• have twins有一对孪生子
• tell twins区分双胞胎

词组短语

twin screw双螺旋桨；双推进器；双驱动桥

twin sister双胞胎姐妹之一

twin brother n. 孪生兄弟

twin towers双塔式建筑

twin room两张单人床的双人房

twin cities双子城（位于美国西部）

identical twin n. 同卵双生，全等双生

deformation twin变形双晶；形变挛晶

twin bed（成对的）一张单人床；对床

更多收起词组短语

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. I always confounded him with his twin brother.
   我总分不清他和他的孪生兄弟。
2. They are motivated by the twin goads of punishment and reward.
   他们受赏与罚的双重因素所激励。

用作名词(n.)

1. I can't tell one twin from the other.
   我分不出双胞胎中谁是谁。

权威例句

A twin study of recent life events and difficulties.
The twin crises: The cause of banking and balance of payment problems
Twin studies of psychiatric illness. Current status and future directions.
A longitudinal twin study of personality and major depression in women.
A longitudinal twin study of 1-year prevalence of major depression in women.
A population-based twin study of major depression in women. The impact of varying definitions of illness.
Alcoholism and major depression in women. A twin study of the causes of comorbidity.
Genetic heritability and shared environmental factors among twin pairs with autism
Schizophrenia as a Complex Trait: Evidence From a Meta-analysis of Twin Studies
A pilot Swedish twin study of affective illness including hospital- and population-ascertained subsamples: Results of model fitting