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双的;成双的;成对的

You use double to indicate that something includes or is made of two things of the same kind.

1. ...a pair of double doors into the room from the new entrance hall.

   从新的门厅通向该房间的一对双开门

2. ...a lone skier gliding along smooth double tracks.

   独自沿平滑的双轨雪道滑行的滑雪者

3. ...three varieties: double toffee, double chocolate, and vanilla.

   3 种类型：双份太妃糖，双份巧克力和香草香精

2

(用于单数名词前)两个的，双重的

You use double before a singular noun to refer to two things of the same type that occur together, or that are connected in some way.

1. ...an extremely nasty double murder...

   极端残忍的双重谋杀

2. The government committed a double blunder...

   政府重蹈覆辙。

3. It was to have been a double wedding.

   原本打算两件婚事一起办的。

3

(数量、大小)两倍的，加倍的

If something is double the amount or size of another thing, it is twice as large.

1. The offer was to start a new research laboratory at double the salary he was then getting...

   所提供的工作机会是创建一个新的研究实验室，待遇是他当时所得工资的两倍。

2. Leeds Prison is reported to have almost double the number of prisoners it's designed to accommodate.

   据报道利兹监狱里犯人的数量几乎已达该监狱设计可容纳人数的两倍了。

3. ...tropical Queensland, more than double the size of Texas.

   处于热带的昆士兰，比得克萨斯大一倍多

4

加倍的;双料的;可容纳两个的

You use double to describe something which is twice the normal size or can hold twice the normal quantity of something.

1. ...a double helping of ice cream.

   双份的冰激凌

2. ...a large double garage...

   能停放两辆车的大车库

3. Allow the loaves to rise until just about double in size.

   让面包发酵到刚好是原来的两倍左右。

5

(房间)双人的，供两人用的

A double room is a room intended for two people, usually a couple, to stay or live in.

1. ...bed and breakfast for lb180 for two people in a double room.

   费用为180英镑的双人间，含房费和早餐

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（床）双人的

A double bed is a bed that is wide enough for two people to sleep in.

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(酒等饮料)双份的

You use double to describe a drink that is twice the normal measure.

1. He was drinking his double whiskey too fast and scowling.

   他猛灌着双份威士忌，脸色阴沉。

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(用于单词拼写或数字中)两个的

Double is used when you are spelling a word or telling someone a number to show that a letter or digit is repeated.

1. Ring four two double two double two if you'd like to speak to our financial adviser.

   如果想和我们的财务顾问通话，拨打 422222。

9

(使)加倍;（使）增加一倍

When something doubles or when you double it, it becomes twice as great in number, amount, or size.

1. The number of managers must double to 100 within 3 years...

   经理的人数在3年内必须翻倍达到 100人。

2. The program will double the amount of money available to help pay for child care.

   该方案将使可用于帮助支付儿童保育的钱款增加一倍。

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酷似的人;极相似的人

If you refer to someone as a person's double, you mean that they look exactly like them.

1. Your mother sees you as her double.

   你母亲将你看作是她的翻版。

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兼职;兼任;兼做

If a person or thing doubles as someone or something else, they have a second job or purpose as well as their main one.

1. ...a farmer who doubles as a night nurse...

   兼做夜班护士的农夫

2. Lots of homes in town double as businesses.

   镇里的很多民宅还兼做商用。

12

(网球或羽毛球等的)双打

In tennis or badminton, when people play doubles, two teams consisting of two players on each team play against each other on the same court.

13

迅速;立即;马上

If you do something at the double or on the double, you do it very quickly or immediately.

1. Two soldiers entered at the double and saluted...

   两名士兵立即进来敬礼。

2. Come to my office, please, at the double.

   请来我的办公室，马上。

14

弯腰;弓着身子

When you bend double, you bend the top half of your body downwards a long way.

1. There wasn't room to stand up and he had to bend double.

   空间太小无法站直，他不得不弓着身子。

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弯腰的;弓着身子的

If you are bent double, the top half of your body is bent downwards so that your head is close to your knees.

1. Pickers are bent double, plucking each flower with lightning speed.

   采花人弓着身子飞快地摘着花。

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（眼花等时）看成重影

If you are seeing double, there is something wrong with your eyes, and you can see two images instead of one.

1. I was dizzy, seeing double.

   我一阵眩晕，看到的都是重影。

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两倍

twice as much/many

2

两倍的；加倍的

twice as much or as many as usual

3

一客双份的食物

a double helping

4

两杯双份的威士忌酒

two double whiskies

5

成双

with two parts

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双的；成双的；成对的

having or made of two things or parts that are equal or similar

7

双扇门

double doors

8

双页广告

a double-page advertisement

9

otter一词中有两个t。

‘Otter’ is spelt with a double t.

10

我的分机号是2400。

My extension is two four double 0 (2400).

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双人

for two people

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供两者用的；双人的

made for two people or things

13

双人床 / 房间

a double bed/room

14

双重

combining two things

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双重的

combining two things or qualities

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双重意义 / 目的 / 目标

a double meaning/purpose/aim

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它具有既方便又便宜的双重优点。

It has the double advantage of being both easy and cheap.

18

两倍

twice as much/many

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两倍的；双倍的

twice as much or as many as

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他的收入是她的两倍。

His income is double hers.

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他挣的钱是她的两倍。

He earns double what she does.

22

我们需要现有数量的两倍。

We need double the amount we already have.

23

成双

in two parts

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双双地；成对地

in twos or in two parts

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我以为我是看到重影了。

I thought I was seeing double (= seeing two of sth) .

26

把毯子对折起来。

Fold the blanket double.

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我必须弓着身子才能钻到桌子底下。

I had to bend double to get under the table.

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两倍

twice as much/many

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两倍；两倍数；两倍量

twice the number or amount

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他与我做同样的工作，但报酬却比我多一倍。

He gets paid double for doing the same job I do.

31

酒精饮料

alcoholic drink

32

一杯双份的烈酒

a glass of strong alcoholic drink containing twice the usual amount

33

请来两杯苏格兰威士忌——都要双份的，好吗？

Two Scotches, please─and make those doubles, will you?

34

人；物

person/thing

35

酷似的人；极相似的对应物

a person or thing that looks exactly like another

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她和她母亲长得一模一样。

She's the double of her mother.

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（电影中的）替身演员

an actor who replaces another actor in a film/movie to do dangerous or other special things

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卧室

bedroom

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你要的是单人房间还是双人房间？

Is that a single or a double you want?

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体育运动

in sport

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双打（尤指网球）

a game, especially of tennis , in which one pair plays another

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混合双打

mixed doubles (= in which each pair consists of a man and a woman)

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（在同一赛季或年份）双料冠军，两次获胜，两次打败同一对手

the fact of winning two important competitions or beating the same player or team twice, in the same season or year

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迅速地；尽快地；赶紧

quickly; hurrying

45

赌博

in gambling

46

要么赢双倍，要么输得精光

a risk in which you could win twice the amount you pay, or you could lose all your money

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加倍

become twice as much/many

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（使）加倍；是…的两倍

to become, or make sth become, twice as much or as many

49

两年内会员数目几乎翻了一番。

Membership almost doubled in two years.

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把菜谱上的量都增加一倍以够八人用餐。

Double all the quantities in the recipe to make enough for eight people.

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折叠

fold

52

把…对折；折叠

to bend or fold sth so that there are two layers

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她把毯子折叠起来给他做枕头。

She doubled the blanket and put it under his head.

54

棒球

in baseball

55

以二垒打使上二垒；击出二垒安打

to hit the ball far enough for you to get to second base

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他将球击向左外场而跑上了二垒。

He doubled to left field.

57

兼任；兼作

to have another use or function as well as the main one

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这厨房兼做饭厅。

The kitchen doubles as a dining room.

59

循原路折回

to turn back and go in the direction you have come from

60

合用；同享

to form a pair in order to do sth or to share sth

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因为书不够人手一册，我们只好合用了。

We'll have to double up on books; there aren't enough to go around.

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他们只剩下一个房间，你只好与彼得合住了。

They only have one room left: you'll have to double up with Peter.

63

（使）弯腰，弓身

to bend or to make your body bend over quickly, for example because you are in pain

64

乔笑弯了腰。

Jo doubled up with laughter.

65

我痛得直不起身子。

I was doubled over with pain.

66

这两个形容词常与下列名词连用：

These adjectives are frequently used with the following nouns.

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dual用于有两个部分、两种用途或两个方面的事物。

Dual describes something that has two parts, uses or aspects.

68

double具有相似的意思，但所描述事物的两个部分通常是相同或相似的。

Double can be used with a similar meaning, but when it is used to describe something that has two parts, the two parts are usually the same or very similar.

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指供给两人或两事物的东西或较平常大一倍的东西用double，不用dual。

Double , but not dual , can describe something that is made for two people or things, or is twice as big as usual.

1

a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

例子:

1. he hit a double to deep centerfield

近义词: two-base hit,two-bagger,two-baser

2

raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2

例子:

1. I decided his double was a bluff

近义词: doubling

3

a quantity that is twice as great as another

例子:

1. 36 is the double of 18

4

someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

例子:

1. he could be Gingrich's double
2. she's the very image of her mother

近义词: image,look-alike

5

a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts

例子:

1. his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable

近义词: stunt man,stunt woman

6

increase twofold

例子:

1. The population doubled within 50 years

近义词: duplicate

7

hit a two-base hit

8

do double duty;serve two purposes or have two functions

例子:

1. She doubles as his wife and secretary

9

make or do or perform again

例子:

1. He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

近义词: duplicate,reduplicate,repeat,replicate

10

bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

例子:

1. He doubled and vomited violently

近义词: double over,double up

11

bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)

12

having two meanings with intent to deceive

例子:

1. a sly double meaning
2. spoke with forked tongue

近义词: forked

13

large enough for two

例子:

1. a double bed
2. a double room

14

used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis

近义词: bivalent

15

twice as great or many

例子:

1. ate a double portion
2. the dose is doubled
3. a twofold increase

近义词: doubled,twofold,two-fold

16

consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs

例子:

1. an egg with a double yolk
2. a double (binary) star
3. double doors
4. dual controls for pilot and copilot
5. duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure

近义词: dual,duple

17

having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities;public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson

例子:

1. a double (or dual) role for an actor
2. the office of a clergyman is twofol
3. every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harriso

近义词: dual,twofold,two-fold,treble,threefold,three-fold

18

used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements

例子:

1. double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical

19

to double the degree

例子:

1. she was doubly rewarded
2. his eyes were double bright

近义词: doubly,twice

20

two together

例子:

1. some people sleep better double

21

downward and forward

例子:

1. he was bent double with pain