twin

noun

/twɪn/

jump to other results

one of two children born at the same time to the same mother孪生儿之一；双胞胎之一
- She's expecting twins.她怀着双胞胎。
- If you're carrying (= expecting) twins or triplets, that can put you at risk.如果你怀的是双胞胎或三胞胎，那你就有危险了。
- I'm 5 months pregnant with twins.我怀了5个月的双胞胎。
Collocations Children
Children孩子Having a baby/child怀孕
- want a baby/a child/kids想要孩子
- start a family生孩子
- conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child怀孕
- miss your period月经未按期来
- become/get/be/find out that you are pregnant怀孕了；发现怀孕了
- have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family有一个宝宝／一个孩子／孩子／一个儿子／一个女儿／一对双胞胎／孩子
- have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth正常／历经艰难／意外怀孕；顺产；难产；在家中分娩
- be in/go into/induce labour (especially US English) labor分娩；催产
- have/suffer/cause a miscarriage流产；引起流产
- give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins生了一个孩子／一个宝宝／一个女儿／一个儿子／一对双胞胎
Parenting养育；抚养；教养
- bring up/ (especially North American English) raise a child/family抚养孩子
- care for/ (especially British English) look after a baby/child/kid照顾小孩
- change (British English) a nappy/(North American English) a diaper/a baby换尿布；给婴儿换尿布
- feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby喂孩子；给孩子哺乳；用奶瓶喂养孩子
- be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave有权利休／正在休产假／陪产假
- go back/return to work after maternity leave产假后回到工作岗位
- need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare需要／找到一个临时保姆／负担得起的高质量儿童保育
- balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life平衡／兼顾工作与照顾小孩／抚养小孩／家庭生活
- educate/teach/home-school a child/kid教育孩子；给孩子家庭教育
- punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid惩罚／管教／娇惯孩子
- adopt a baby/child/kid收养小孩
- offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption把小孩给人收养
- (especially British English) foster a child/kid代养小孩
- be placed with/be raised by foster parents被交给寄养父母；由寄养父母抚养
see also conjoined twin, dizygotic twin, fraternal twin, identical twin, monozygotic twin, non-identical twin, Siamese twin
Extra Examples
- His long-lost twin was searching for him.他失散多年的双胞胎兄弟正在寻找他。
- I was the older twin.我是双胞胎中的哥哥。
- My sister had twins.我姐姐生了双胞胎。
- The twins were separated at birth.这对双胞胎出生时被分开了。
- adult twins who were raised apart分开抚养长大的成年双胞胎
- the plot device of giving a character an evil twin让某人物有一个邪恶的孪生兄弟这一情节设计
Topics Holidaysa2, Family and relationshipsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- identical
- monozygotic
- dizygotic
- …
… of twins
- pair
- set
verb + twin
- be carrying
- be pregnant with
- expect
- …
twin + noun
- boys
- girls
- daughters
- …
See full entry
one of two similar things that make a pair一对相像的事物之一
- The plate was one of a pair but I broke its twin.这盘子原来有一对，我打坏了一个。

Word Originlate Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.

twin

adjective

/twɪn/

[only before noun]

jump to other results

used to describe one of a pair of children who are twins孪生之一的；双胞胎之一的
- a twin brother/sister孪生兄弟／姐妹中的一个
- twin daughters/sons双胞胎女儿/儿子
- twin boys/girls孪生男孩／女孩
used to describe two things that are used as a pair成对的；成双的
- a ship with twin propellers有双螺旋桨的船
used to describe two things that are connected, or present or happening at the same time双重的；双联的；两个同时发生的
- The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and rehabilitation.监狱有惩罚和改造双重目的。

Word Originlate Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.

twin

verb

/twɪn/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they twin	/twɪn/ /twɪn/
he / she / it twins	/twɪnz/ /twɪnz/
past simple twinned	/twɪnd/ /twɪnd/
past participle twinned	/twɪnd/ /twɪnd/
-ing form twinning	/ˈtwɪnɪŋ/ /ˈtwɪnɪŋ/

jump to other results

[usually passive] twin something (with something) to make a close relationship between two towns or areas使结成姊妹城市；使结成友好地区
- Oxford is twinned with Bonn in Germany.牛津和德国的波恩结成了友好城市。
twin something (with something) to join two people or things closely together使（两人或两事物）紧密结合；使耦合；使相连
- The opera twins the themes of love and death.这出歌剧把爱与死的主题紧密结合在一起。