double
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++doub·le1 /ˈdʌbəl/ ●●● S1 W2 adjective [usually before noun] 1 of two parts 有两部分的TWO consisting of two parts that are similar or exactly the same 成对的，成双的 a double sink 双水槽 a double wardrobe 双门衣柜 the great double doors of the cathedral 大教堂宏伟的双开大门 Don’t park your car on double yellow lines. 不可以在双黄线处停车。2 two different uses 双重用途TWO combining or involving two things of the same type 有两种用途的，双重的 a double murder case 双重谋杀案 A lot of the jokes were based on double meaning. 许多笑话都语带双关。3 twice as big 两倍大INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many as usual 双倍的，两倍的 a double whisky 双份威士忌 The city was enclosed by walls of double thickness. 该城被两倍厚的墙围了起来。4 for two people 双人用的TWO made for two people or things to use 供两人使用的 → single Do you need a double bed or two singles? 你们要一张双人床还是两张单人床？ a double room 双人房间 a double garage 双位车库5 TWOtwo letters/numbers 两个字母/数字 British English spoken used to say that a particular letter or number is repeated 〔字母或数字〕连续两个的 My name’s Robbins with a double ‘b’. 我姓罗宾斯，有两个b字母。 The number is 869 double 2 (=86922). 号码是869两个2。6. flower 花HBP a double flower has more than the usual number of petals 双瓣的，重瓣的 → doubly
Examples from the Corpus
double• The band has just released a new double album.• The room contained a double bed, a wardrobe, and a small chest of drawers.• Last year she suffered the double blow of losing her father and discovering that she had cancer.• A double brandy, please.• a double cheeseburger• These classes are taught over a double class period by one teacher.• I pushed the double doors open and walked into the office.• Johnson had not scored in double figures in the first five games.• The house had a double garage which Millar turned into a study and office.• Before talking about the types of window you can choose, let's look briefly at the question of double glazing.• Leave the dough in a warm place to rise until it is double in bulk.• She's doing a double major in political science and economics.• He helped her in a two-year battle against cancer and to come to terms with her double mastectomy.• Mortensen had a double motive for going to San Francisco: to see his kids and to apply for a job.• It hopes its own order book is solid but knows that double ordering is going on in the sector.• The report and photographs fitted nicely onto a double page.• During this time the best double petunias were named varieties raised from cuttings.• I ordered fish and a double portion of chips.• Double rooms cost $80, single rooms are $50.• President Clinton's nomination represents a double snub say critics.• She drove over the double yellow line and crashed head-on into a truck.• You cannot park on double yellow lines.double meaning• Civilization, in fact, has at least a double meaning.• Old rivalries are barely submerged and every quip has a deadly double meaning.• No, there was no double meaning in what he'd said.• Or perhaps she was merely responding to the possible double meaning of his last sentence.• Sniggers and the double meanings surrounded the subject which was one of the biggest taboos in our society.• This gives a double meaning to Blanche's hatred of naked light.double2 ●●● S3 W3 noun 1 twice the size 两倍大 [countable, uncountable]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT something that is twice as big, as much etc as usual or as something else 两倍，双倍（的量、数） Scotch and water, please – make it a double. 请来苏格兰威士忌加水——要双份的。 ‘They offered me £10,000.’ ‘I’ll give you double.’ “他们向我开价1万英镑。” “我给你加倍。”2 room 房间 [countable] a room for two people in a hotel 双人房间 → single A double costs $95 a night. 一间双人房一晚的价格是95美元。3 TENNIS 网球doubles [uncountable]DS a game played between two pairs of players, especially in tennis 双打比赛 → singles the men’s doubles 男子双打 → mixed doubles4 baseball 棒球 [countable]DSB a hit in baseball which allows the batter to reach second base 二垒安打 Walker led the inning with a double. 沃尔克是那一局的第一个击球手，击出一个二垒安打。5 SIMILAR PERSON 相似的人somebody’s double someone who looks very like someone else 与某人极为相似的人 She’s her mother’s double. 她和她母亲长得一模一样。6 in films 在电影中 [countable]AMF an actor who takes the place of a more famous actor in a film, especially because the acting involves doing something dangerous 替身演员 I think they used a double in the shower scene. 我觉得他们在淋浴镜头里用了替身。7 at the double British English, on the double American EnglishFAST/QUICK informal very quickly and without any delay 尽快地，赶紧地8. double or quits British English, double or nothing American EnglishDGG a situation in a game when you must do something that could either win you twice as much money or make you lose it all 〔下注的一种方式〕要么赢双倍，要么全输光Examples from the Corpus
double• Double success at Engineering Two awards in quick succession have earned Courtaulds Engineering a gratifying safety double.• Goodrich worked as a double for John Wayne.• Rooms cost $95 for a double.• Had the ball landed, Johnson had a double or perhaps his fifth triple.• Hrbek led the inning with a double.• Three whiskeys, please - two singles and one double.• Caroline is virtually her mother's double.• a stunt double• Southern League Champions, Oxford are after the double.• If you roll two doubles for distance then the horses collapse with exhaustion and the model is removed from the battle.double3 ●●● S3 verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to become twice as big or twice as much, or to make something twice as big or twice as much （使）加倍2 [transitive] (also double over/up)FOLD to fold something in half 把…对折3. [intransitive]DSB to hit the ball far enough to get to second base in a game of baseball 〔棒球比赛中〕击出二垒安打4 double as somebody/something phrasal verb USE somethingto have a second use, job, or purpose as a particular thing 兼任，兼作5 double back phrasal verb RETURNto turn around and go back the way you have come 原路折回6 double up phrasal verb → See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
double• The mess deck doubles as the movie lounge, with a video library housing thousands of films.• The bass may however, always be doubled at the octave below if desired.• Welfare spending will nearly double by the year 2002.• The number of female bank managers doubled from 104 to 208.• In those thirty years, San Francisco doubled in size.• Allow the dough to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, until it has roughly doubled in size.• In all the nine studies of monitoring, the number of cesarean deliveries was doubled in the group that was monitored.• The federal government has doubled its tax on liquor.• Building costs have doubled since then.• In Leicester youth court, the influx of 17-year-olds has doubled the number of juvenile offenders coming before magistrates.• Quarterly losses at Freeserve, Britain's biggest internet service provider, doubled to nearly $ 27m.• Cleverly used it will double, treble, even quadruple the size.• So the thought of watching a film in which he doubles, triples and quadruples was frankly a most scary prospect.• Ralph doubled up his blankets and put them at the foot of the bed.double the size/number/amount etc (of something)• According to a recent survey, one in four new borrowers takes out unemployment insurance, double the number of three years ago.• Her only other suggestion was to double the amount of vanilla, to give it a flavor boost.• In one facetious article he promised to show the government how to double the number of jobs in the railroad industry.• It was the custom then to double the size of most infantry battalions and of many gunner and other units.• Since February buyers have taken up 1.5m bales, double the amount in the same period last year.• Telephone-answering machines, intended to make phoning more efficient, double the number of phone calls made.• The way to outvote them was to double the number of people who held to the old ways.• We will double the number of Safer Cities Schemes to cover 40 urban areas.double4 ●●○ adverb 1 be bent double BENDto be bent over a long way 弯得很厉害 The trees were almost bent double in the wind. 这些树都快被风吹折了。 → see double at see1(28)Examples from the Corpus
double• As Kasparov knows full well, the years count double once a chess player passes 35.double5 ●●○ predeterminer 1 INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNTtwice as big, twice as much, or twice as many 是…两倍那么大[多]double the amount/number/size etc We’ll need double this amount for eight people. 八个人的话我们要加一倍的量。 The value of the house is double what it was. 这幢房子的价值比原来翻了一番。Examples from the Corpus
double• The house is now worth double the amount we paid for it.• Over 30% of marriages end in divorce, which is double the number 20 years ago.double the amount/number/size etc• It has just about doubled the amount of candidates.• Telephone-answering machines, intended to make phoning more efficient, double the number of phone calls made.• It specialises in motor insurance and has doubled the number of policies it sells each year as well as moving into household insurance.• We will double the number of Safer Cities Schemes to cover 40 urban areas.• Her only other suggestion was to double the amount of vanilla, to give it a flavor boost.• It will double the number of vehicles that will come into King's Cross or St. Pancras during the morning peak hours.• This roughly doubles the number of young from a spawning.From Longman Business Dictionarydoubledoub‧le1 /ˈdʌbəl/ adjective twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many as usual, or twice as big, much, or many as something elseThe number of men receiving professional degrees today is still nearly double that of women.doubledouble2 noun [countable, uncountable] something that is nearly twice the size, quantity, value, or strength of something else‘What did they offer you?’ ‘Ten thousand.’ ‘I’ll give you double.’doubledouble3 verb [intransitive, transitive] to become twice as much or as many, or to make something twice as bigThe costs of providing medical insurance for employees has doubled in recent years.GE plans to more than double the size of its railcar leasing operation.→ See Verb tableOrigin double1 (1100-1200) Old French Latin duplus, from duo “two” + -plus “multiplied by” Corpus consisting are two parts that Business of
double
doub‧le1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌbəl/ 
adjective [usually before noun]
a double sink
a double wardrobe
the great double doors of the cathedral
Don’t park your car on double yellow lines.
2. TWO DIFFERENT USES combining or involving two things of the same type:
a double murder case
A lot of the jokes were based on double meaning.
3. TWICE AS BIG twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many as usual:
a double whisky
The city was enclosed by walls of double thickness.
4. FOR TWO PEOPLE made for two people or things to use ⇨ single:
Do you need a double bed or two singles?
a double room
a double garage
5. TWO LETTERS/NUMBERS British English spoken used to say that a particular letter or number is repeated:
My name’s Robbins with a double ‘b’.
The number is 869 double 2 (=86922).
6. FLOWER a double flower has more than the usual number of petals
⇨ doubly
double2 noun
1. TWICE THE SIZE [uncountable and countable] something that is twice as big, as much etc as usual or as something else:
Scotch and water, please – make it a double.
‘They offered me £10,000.’ ‘I’ll give you double.’
2. ROOM [countable] a room for two people in a hotel ⇨ single:
A double costs $95 a night.
3. TENNIS doubles [uncountable] a game played between two pairs of players, especially in tennis ⇨ singles:
the men’s doubles ⇨ mixed doubles
4. BASEBALL [countable] a hit in baseball which allows the batter to reach second base:
Walker led the inning with a double.
5. SIMILAR PERSON sb’s double someone who looks very like someone else:
She’s her mother’s double.
6. IN FILMS [countable] an actor who takes the place of a more famous actor in a film, especially because the acting involves doing something dangerous:
I think they used a double in the shower scene.
7. at the double British English, on the double American English informal very quickly and without any delay:
He was told to get back to Washington on the double.
8. double or quits British English, double or nothing American English a situation in a game when you must do something that could either win you twice as much money or make you lose it all
double3 S3 verb
1. [intransitive and transitive] to become twice as big or twice as much, or to make something twice as big or twice as much
double in size/number/value etc
Within two years the company had doubled in size.
The church has doubled its membership in the last five years.
double the size/number/amount etc (of something)
A promise was given to double the number of police on duty.
2. [transitive] (also double over/up) to fold something in half:
Take a sheet of paper and double it over.
3. [intransitive] to hit the ball far enough to get to second base in a game of baseball
double as somebody/something phrasal verb
to have a second use, job, or purpose as a particular thing:
The school doubled as a hospital during the war.
double back phrasal verb
to turn around and go back the way you have come:
The driver doubled back and headed for Howard Bay.
double back on yourself
We kept getting lost and having to double back on ourselves.
double up phrasal verb
1. (also double over) to suddenly bend over at the waist because you are laughing so much or are in pain:
Emilio doubled over, grabbing his leg.
be doubled up/over with laughter/pain etc
Both the girls were doubled up with laughter.
2. to share something, especially a bedroom
double up with
You’ll have to double up with Susie while your aunt is here.
double4 adverb
be bent double to be bent over a long way:
The trees were almost bent double in the wind. ⇨ see double at see1(29)
double5 predeterminer
twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many
double the amount/number/size etc
We’ll need double this amount for eight people.
The value of the house is double what it was.
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adjective [usually before noun] Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin duplus, from duo 'two' + -plus 'multiplied by'
1. OF TWO PARTS consisting of two parts that are similar or exactly the same:Language: Old French
Origin: Latin duplus, from duo 'two' + -plus 'multiplied by'
2. TWO DIFFERENT USES combining or involving two things of the same type:
3. TWICE AS BIG twice as big, twice as much, or twice as many as usual:
4. FOR TWO PEOPLE made for two people or things to use ⇨ single:
5. TWO LETTERS/NUMBERS British English spoken used to say that a particular letter or number is repeated:
6. FLOWER a double flower has more than the usual number of petals
⇨ doubly
| II |
noun1. TWICE THE SIZE [uncountable and countable] something that is twice as big, as much etc as usual or as something else:
2. ROOM [countable] a room for two people in a hotel ⇨ single:
3. TENNIS doubles [uncountable] a game played between two pairs of players, especially in tennis ⇨ singles:
4. BASEBALL [countable] a hit in baseball which allows the batter to reach second base:
5. SIMILAR PERSON sb’s double someone who looks very like someone else:
6. IN FILMS [countable] an actor who takes the place of a more famous actor in a film, especially because the acting involves doing something dangerous:
7. at the double British English, on the double American English informal very quickly and without any delay:
8. double or quits British English, double or nothing American English a situation in a game when you must do something that could either win you twice as much money or make you lose it all
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verb1. [intransitive and transitive] to become twice as big or twice as much, or to make something twice as big or twice as much
double in size/number/value etc
double the size/number/amount etc (of something)
2. [transitive] (also double over/up) to fold something in half:
3. [intransitive] to hit the ball far enough to get to second base in a game of baseball
double as somebody/something phrasal verb
to have a second use, job, or purpose as a particular thing:
double back phrasal verb
to turn around and go back the way you have come:
double back on yourself
double up phrasal verb
1. (also double over) to suddenly bend over at the waist because you are laughing so much or are in pain:
be doubled up/over with laughter/pain etc
2. to share something, especially a bedroom
double up with
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adverbbe bent double to be bent over a long way:
| V |
predeterminertwice as big, twice as much, or twice as many
double the amount/number/size etc
Dual describes something that has two parts, uses or aspects.* dual 描述有两个部分、两种用途或两个方面的事物。 Double can be used with a similar meaning, but when it is used to describe something that has two parts, the two parts are usually the same or very similar.* double 具有相似的意思，但所描述事物的两个部分通常是相同或相似的。 Double , but notdual , can describe something that is made for two people or things, or is twice as big as usual.指供给两人或两事物的东西或较平常大一倍的东西用 double，不用 dual。
