- (North American English) a building divided into two homes or apartments with separate entrances二联式住宅;双拼房屋Topics Houses and homesc2
- (British English) a flat with rooms on two floors(占两层楼的)复式住宅;跃层公寓Topics Houses and homesc2
- (Australian English, North American English) a house that is joined to another house by a wall on one side that is shared; a semi-detached house 复式房屋:通过共用的一面墙与另一所房屋相连的房屋;一个半独立屋
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin duplex, duplic-, from duo ‘two’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The noun dates from the 1920s.