double是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 twice the size, amount, price, etc., or consisting of two similar things together -- 兩倍的；成雙的；雙份的

  • I ordered a double espresso (= two standard amounts in one cup). 我點了一杯雙份的濃縮咖啡。

  • Go through the double doors and turn left. 穿過那道對開門，然後向左轉。

  • The word "cool" has a double "o" in the middle. 單詞 cool 的中間有兩個字母 o。

  • Everything he says has a double meaning (= has two possible meanings). 他說的每句話都有雙重含義。

  • This painkiller is double strength (= has twice the normal amount of medicine). 這種止痛藥具有雙倍功效。

  • UK Sabiha's phone number is double three, one, five, double seven (= 331577). 薩比哈的電話號碼是331577。

  • a double primrose 重瓣櫻草花

• 1 a person who looks exactly the same as someone else -- 一模一樣的人；極相像的人

  • Hey, Tony, I met someone at a party last week who was your double. 嘿，托尼，上周我在一次派對上遇到一個長得和你一模一樣的人。

• 2 a game of tennis or a similar sport between two teams of two people -- （網球等運動中的）雙打

  • men's/women's/mixed doubles 男子／女子／混合雙打

  • Who won the men's doubles at Wimbledon this year? 誰在今年溫布頓網球賽中獲得了男子雙打冠軍？

• 3 an occasion when a football team wins two major competitions in a single season -- （足球比賽）雙料冠軍（即在同一賽季贏得兩項重要比賽的冠軍頭銜）

  • Which was the first team to do the double in English football? 誰是第一支贏得雙料冠軍的英格蘭球隊？

• 4 in baseball, a hit that allows the batter (= person who hits the ball) to reach second base -- （棒球）二壘安打

• 5 to become twice as much or as many, or to make something twice as much or many -- 加一倍，翻一番

  • The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years. 政府計劃在25年內使高校在校生人數增加一倍。

  • Company profits have doubled since the introduction of new technology. 自從引進新技術後，公司的利潤增加了一倍。

• 6 something that is twice the amount, size, strength, etc. of something else -- 兩倍，雙倍

  • I paid double (= twice as much) for those trousers last week. 上星期我買這條褲子花了兩倍的價錢。

  • Electrical goods are almost double the price they were a few years ago. 與幾年前相比，電器商品的價格幾乎貴了一倍。

  • "Would you like another whisky?" "Yes. Make it a double (= two standard amounts in one glass)." 「你想再來一杯威士卡嗎?」「好的，來個雙倍份量的。」

• 7 in two parts or layers -- 雙份地；雙層地

  • Fold the blanket double (= so that it is in two layers) and then you won't be cold. 把毯子疊成兩層，這樣你就不會冷了。

  • They were bent double (= their heads and shoulders were bent forward and down) from decades of work in the fields. 由於幾十年來長期在田裡勞作，他們的腰都累彎了。

  • I started seeing double, then I fainted. 我的眼前開始出現重影，然後就暈了過去。