double /ˈdʌbəl/ CET4 TEM4 ( doubling, doubled, doubles )

• 1. 

  ADJ You use double to indicate that something includes or is made of two things of the same kind. 双的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a pair of double doors into the room from the new entrance hall.

  …一道从新门廊进入房间的双扇门。

• 2. 

  ADJ You use double before a singular noun to refer to two things of the same type that occur together, or that are connected in some way. 成对的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...an extremely nasty double murder.

  …一起极残忍的双人谋杀案。

• 3. 

  ADJ You use double to describe something which is twice the normal size or can hold twice the normal quantity of something. 双倍的

  例：

  ...a double helping of ice cream.

  …双份冰激凌。

• 4. 

  ADJ A double room is a room intended for two people, usually a couple, to stay or live in. 双人的

  例：

  ...bed and breakfast for $180 for two people in a double room.

  …给两个人共用一个双人间的价格为$180的住宿加早餐。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT Double is also a noun. 双人房间

  例：

  The Great Western Hotel is ideal, costing around 90 a night for a double.

  大西酒店是理想的，双人房间每晚约£90。

• 6. 

  ADJ A double bed is a bed that is wide enough for two people to sleep in. 双人的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  One bedroom had a double bed and the other had single beds for the boys.

  一间卧室里摆放了一张双人床，另一间则放着男孩们的几张单人床。

• 7. 

  ADJ You use double to describe a drink that is twice the normal measure. (酒类饮料) 双份的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  He was drinking his double whisky too fast and scowling.

  他大口喝着双份威士忌，双眉紧皱。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT Double is also a noun. 双份酒类饮料

  例：

  "Give me a whisky," Debilly said to Francis. "Make it a double."

  “给我来杯威士忌，”德比利对弗朗西斯说。“要双份的。”

• 9. 

  PREDET If something is double the amount or size of another thing, it is twice as large. 双倍的 [PREDET 'the' n]

  例：

  The offer was to start a new research laboratory at double the salary he was then getting.

  提议当时是他创办一个新实验室拿双倍工资。

• 10. 

  PRON Double is also a pronoun. 两倍

  例：

  On average doctors write just over seven prescriptions each year per patient; in Germany it is double.

  一个医生平均一年仅为每个病人开大约七个处方；而德国是这个数字的两倍。

• 11. 

  V-T/V-I When something doubles or when you double it, it becomes twice as great in number, amount, or size. 使加倍; 翻倍

  例：

  The number of managers must double to 100 within 3 years.

  3年之内管理人员的数量要翻倍，达到100名。

• 12. 

  V-I If a person or thing doubles as someone or something else, they have a second job or purpose as well as their main one. 兼职; 兼作

  例：

  Lots of homes in town double as businesses.

  许多市区的住房还兼作商铺。

• 13. 

  PHRASAL VERB Double up means the same as . 兼职; 兼作 (同)(double)

  例：

  The lids of the casserole dishes are designed to double up as baking dishes.

  这些砂锅盖子的设计使它们可以兼作烤盘。

• 14. 

  N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a person's double, you mean that they look exactly like them. 一模一样的人

  例：

  Your mother sees you as her double.

  你母亲把你看成是她的翻版。

• 15. 

  N-UNCOUNT In tennis or badminton, when people play doubles, two teams consisting of two players on each team play against each other on the same court. 双打

  例：

  In the doubles, the pair beat Hungary's Renata Csay and Kornelia Szanda.

  在双打比赛中，那对选手战胜了匈牙利的雷纳塔·赛伊和科尼利娅·萨恩达。

• 16. 

  PHRASE If you do something on the double, you do it very quickly or immediately. 快速地 [非正式]

  例：

  I need a copy of the police report on the double.

  我急需一份警方报告。

• 17. 

  PHRASE If you are bent double, the top half of your body is bent downward so that your head is close to your knees. 弯腰的

  例：

  I was bent double in agony.

  我痛苦地弯下了腰。

• 18. 

  PHRASE If you are seeing double, there is something wrong with your eyes, and you can see two images instead of one. 看到重影

  例：

  For 35 minutes I was walking around in a daze. I was dizzy, seeing double.

  长达35分钟我茫然地走着。我头晕目眩，看东西有重影。

• 19. 

  in double figures →see figure