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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   twin

   • IPA[twin]

   美式

   • n.
     one of two children or animals born at the same birth；a person or thing that is exactly like another
   • adj.
     forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth；forming a matching, complementary, or closely connected pair
   • v.
     link; combine

   • noun: twin, plural noun: twins

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. one of two children or animals born at the same birth experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins the twins were approaching their third birthday 同義詞 identical twins, nonidentical twins, fraternal twins, monozygotic/monozygous twins, dizygotic/dizygous twins, ... 更多Siamese twins
   • ▪ a person or thing that is exactly like another there was a bruise on his cheek, a twin to the one on mine 同義詞 exact likeness, mirror image, double, duplicate, carbon copy, ... 更多replica, (living) image, lookalike, clone, counterpart, match, pair, fellow, mate, partner, Doppelgänger, informalspitting image, spit and image, ringer, dead ringer
   • ▪ the zodiacal sign or constellation Gemini.
   • 2. something containing or consisting of two matching or corresponding parts.
   • ▪ a twin-bedded room the hotel has 54 rooms, of which 4 are twins
   • ▪ a twin-engined aircraft.
   • ▪ a twinned crystal.

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth she gave birth to twin boys her twin sister
   • ▪ forming a matching, complementary, or closely connected pair the twin problems of economic failure and social disintegration 同義詞 matching, identical, matched, paired, closely related, ... 更多closely linked, closely connected, corresponding, parallel, complementary, equivalent, twofold, double, dual
   • ▪ growing in pairs twin seed leaves
   • ▪ (of a bedroom) containing two single beds we have twin and three-bedded rooms
   • ▪ (of a crystal) twinned.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. link; combine the company twinned its core business of brewing with that of distilling