twinned

英 [twɪnd]

美 [twɪnd]

v.  使结成姊妹城市; 使结成友好地区; 使(两人或两事物)紧密结合; 使耦合; 使相连
twin的过去式

COCA.42074

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

英英释义

adj

• being two identical
  Synonym:duplicatematchingtwin(a)

双语例句

• Anisotropic growth of palladium twinned nanostructures controlled by kinetics and their unusual activities in galvanic replacement.
  动力学控制下各向异性生长的钯孪晶纳米结构及其在电化置换反应中的应用。
• Liverpool, which is twinned with Shanghai, is the only UK city other than London to be invited to the event, dubbed the "business Olympics" by one diplomat.
  作为上海的姊妹城市，利物浦是除伦敦外唯一受邀参展的英国城市。这届世博会被一位外交官称作是商业奥运会。
• This city is twinned with Shanghai in China.
  这个城市与中国的上海结为姐妹城市。
• The city is twinned with Warsaw, Moscow, Cairo and Reading.
  这座城市每年都吸引上百万的旅行者前往，同时它也是华沙、莫斯科、开罗和雷丁的姐妹城市。
• Wftunmw; world Federation of twinned towns;
  姐妹城世界联合会；
• Liberty and laughter have been twinned in the European tradition for more than three centuries and have together proclaimed as precious the right to ridicule.
  三个多世纪来，自由与欢笑在欧洲传统里一直成双成对，一起被宣称为嘲讽的珍贵权利。
• Geminiviruses are a group of single-stranded circular DNA viruses with twinned particles occurring worldwide.
  双生病毒是一类具有孪生颗粒的单链环状DNA病毒。
• These will be twinned with established associations in other countries, to help them to form networks and hold training workshops.
  此外，其它国家的科学记者协会将与他们结对，帮助他们形成人际网络，并组织培训班。
• Oxford is twinned with Bonn.
  牛津与波恩结成了友好城市。
• The polished surface twinned his face and chest in reverse.
  光亮的表面反过来使他的脸和胸膛成对？