twin

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 twĭn

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
  2. Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
  3. A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
  4. A two-engine aircraft.
  5. A twin crystal.
  6. A twin size mattress; or a bed designed for such a mattress. US
  7. A friendly term of address, typically for men. slang
动词 v.
  1. To separate, divide. transitive
  2. To split, part; to go away, depart. intransitive
  3. To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries); to pair with. passive,usually
    — Reading, the English town, is twinned with Clonmel in Ireland.
  4. To give birth to twins. intransitive
    — “I’ve run to tell ye,” said the junior shepherd, supporting his exhausted youthful frame against the doorpost, “that you must come directly. Two more ewes have twinned — that’s what’s the matter, Shepherd Oak.”
  5. To be, or be like, a twin to (someone else); to match in some way. transitive
    — The invert child and her innocent child are together lost children, twinning each other despite their distinctions.
  6. To be, or be like, a pair of twins (for example, to dress identically); to be paired or suited. intransitive
    — “I see you got us twinning today.” Byrd kissed Lay quickly. “I wanted you to dress like me today,” he admitted.
形容词 adj.
  1. Double; dual; occurring as a matching pair. not-comparable
    — twin beds, twin socks
  2. Forming a pair of twins. not-comparable
    — the twin boys

词形变化

twins plural twynne alternative,obsolete twins present,singular,third-person twinning participle,present twinned participle,past twinned past twynne alternative,obsolete twynne alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinaz (“double/two each, twin”), Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twīhnaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).
词源 2
From Middle English *twin, *twyn, from Old English twin, twinn (“twin; double”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twīhnaz (“occurring in a pair; twofold; double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Icelandic tvennur (“double”), Gothic 𐍄𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌽𐌰𐌹 (tweihnai, “two each”).
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