twin是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 either of two children born to the same mother on the same occasion -- 双胞胎之一

  • My sister has twin sons. 我姐姐有对双胞胎的儿子。

  • a twin sister 双胞胎姐妹中的一个

  • The two countries are often regarded as economic twins. 这两个国家经常被认为经济情况如出一辙。

• 1 used to describe two similar things that are a pair -- 成对的，成双的

  • twin towers 双子塔

  • a car with twin exhausts 双排气管小汽车

  • his twin obsessions - women and cars 他的两大爱好——女人和汽车

• 2 If a town in one country is twinned with a town in another country, the two towns have a special relationship. -- 与…结成姐妹城

  • Cambridge is twinned with Heidelberg. 剑桥和海德堡结成了姊妹城。