Twins

英 [twɪnz]

美 [twɪnz]

双子星座; 【电影】龙兄鼠弟

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 双胞胎之一;孪生儿之一
  If two people aretwins, they have the same mother and were born on the same day.
  1. Sarah was looking after the twins...
     萨拉当时正在照管那对双胞胎。
  2. I think there are many positive aspects to being a twin…
     我认为身为双胞胎中的一个有很多积极方面。
  3. She had a twin brother and a younger brother.
     她有一个双胞胎哥哥和一个弟弟。
• ADJ 成对的;成双的
  Twinis used to describe a pair of things that look the same and are close together.
  1. ...the twin spires of the cathedral.
     大教堂的那对尖塔
  2. ...the world's largest twin-engined aircraft.
     世界上最大的双引擎飞机
• ADJ 相似的;相关的
  Twinis used to describe two things or ideas that are similar or connected in some way.
  1. ...the twin concepts of liberty and equality...
     自由与平等这两个密切相关的概念
  2. Nothing was done to save these women from the twin evils of begging or the workhouse.
     没有采取任何措施把这些妇女从乞讨或济贫院这两大相似的灾难中拯救出来。
• VERB 使结成友好地区;使结为特殊关系
  When a place or organization in one countryis twinned witha place or organization in another country, a special relationship is formally established between them.
  1. Five Polish banks are to be twinned with counterparts in Western Europe...
     5 家波兰银行将和 5 家西欧银行结为姐妹银行。
  2. The borough is twinned with Kasel in Germany.
     该自治市与德国的卡瑟尔市结成了友好城市。
• ADJ (镇或市)友好的,姐妹的
  Twintowns or cities are twinned with each other.
  1. This led Zagreb's twin town, Mainz, to donate £70,000-worth of high-quality equipment.
     这使得萨格勒布的友好城市美因茨捐赠了价值 7 万英镑的高品质装备。

in AM, use 美国英语用 sister cities


• See also:identical twinSiamese twin

双语例句

• Not until they had the twins did they feel they had formed a family.
  直到有了这对双胞胎他们才感到组成了一个家庭。
• He's counting on his mother to take care of the twins for him; she's had plenty of experience with them.
  他靠母亲帮忙照顾他的双胞胎；她在这方面很有经验。
• He was the father of twins.
  他已是一对双胞胎的父亲了。
• Alice and her sister are twins.
  艾丽丝和她的姐姐是双胞胎。
• Jane's mother has just given birth to twins.
  简的妈妈刚刚生了一对双胞胎。
• Mrs King gave birth to the twins ten years ago.
  十年前金太太生下了这对双胞胎。
• My brother and I were born at the same time; we're twins.
  我弟弟和我是双胞胎，两个人同时出生。
• My wife had twins yesterday!
  我妻子昨天生了一对双胞胎。
• As many as 40 per cent of twins have a private language that excludes the rest of the family.
  多达40%的双胞胎都有自己的语言，其他家庭成员都听不懂。
• His wife had twins this year.
  他老婆今年给生了对双胞胎。