twice
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++twice /twaɪs/ ●●● S2 W2 adverb, predeterminer 1 HMNTWOtwo times 两次 He was questioned by police twice yesterday. 他昨天被警察审问了两次。twice a day/week/year etc (=two times in the same day, week etc) 一天/一周/一年等两次 Letters were delivered twice a week only. 信件一周只送两次。 None of our dinner menus are exactly the same twice over. 我们的晚餐菜单从没有完全重样的。2 two times more, bigger, better etc than something else 两倍twice as many/much (as something) They employ 90 people, twice as many as last year. 他们雇用了90人，是去年的两倍。twice as high/big/large etc (as something) Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors. 利率是我们竞争对手的两倍高。twice the size/number/rate/amount etc an area twice the size of Britain 有英国两倍大的一个地区 → once bitten, twice shy at once1(19), → once or twice at once1(12), → think twice at think1(7)
Examples from the Corpus
twice• I've only met him twice.• Staff meetings are held twice a month.• I play golf twice a week.• She's been married twice before.• The weather was great - it only rained twice in three weeks.• You should read the exam question twice over before answering it.• The company's accounts were checked twice over, the second time by an independent auditor.twice a day/week/year etc• A piano bar is open twice a week.• Got up only when they made the bed, a bed bath twice a week.• I certainly won't be rushing around like I used to, racing every day and sometimes twice a day.• I will brush him twice a day!• Indexed to cost-of-living figures, the bonds' returns are adjusted twice a year.• Swim ten lengths twice a week.• Father Devlin called twice a year to collect the Easter and Christmas dues.• The man used to come twice a week to collect the jukebox.twice as many/much (as something)• A doctor would have charged at least twice as much.• Some 2m jobs have been lost since 1990, almost twice as many as during the 1979-81 recession.• The latter is over a thousand feet thick in the Belfast area, and twice as much at Larne.• By this means, twice as many cases of trichomonal urethritis can be found among these male contacts.• For twice as much energy, and twice the expense, you could escape from Earth entirely.• Men have twice as many fatal accidents as women do for every mile they drive.• About twice as many, for depression by itself.• Worse, he had to take a thirty percent pay cut for working twice as many hours.Origin twice Old English twigatwice adverbChinese
Corpus times two
twice
twice S2 W2 /twaɪs/
adverb, predeterminer
He was questioned by police twice yesterday.
twice a day/week/year etc (=two times in the same day, week etc)
Letters were delivered twice a week only.
None of our dinner menus are exactly the same twice over.
2. two times more, bigger, better etc than something else
twice as many/much (as something)
They employ 90 people, twice as many as last year.
twice as high/big/large etc (as something)
Interest rates are twice as high as those of our competitors.
twice the size/number/rate/amount etc
an area twice the size of Britain
⇨ once bitten, twice shy at once1(19), ⇨ once or twice at once1(12), ⇨ think twice at think1(8)
▪ pair two things of the same type that you use together. Also used about two people who do something together or who you often see together: a pair of shoes | a pair of socks | Winners will receive a pair of tickets for the show. | The pair were arrested six days after the killing. | They're a funny pair! | The British pair will be playing in the final on Saturday.
▪a couple (of something) two things of the same type, or a very small number of things: There were a couple of empty seats at the table. | Do you have any stamps? I just need a couple.
▪couple noun [countable] two people who are married or having a sexual relationship: a married couple | The couple met at university.
▪twins noun [plural] two children who were born on the same day to the same mother: The twins look very alike. | identical twins
▪duo noun [countable] two people who perform together or who are often seen together: a comedy duo
▪duet noun [countable] a piece of music written for two people to play: They played a duet by Brahms.
▪twice two times adverb: The group meets twice a week. | She sneezed twice.
twice S2 W2 /twaɪs/
adverb, predeterminer Language: Old English
Origin: twiga
1. two times:Origin: twiga
twice a day/week/year etc (=two times in the same day, week etc)
2. two times more, bigger, better etc than something else
twice as many/much (as something)
twice as high/big/large etc (as something)
twice the size/number/rate/amount etc
⇨ once bitten, twice shy at once1(19), ⇨ once or twice at once1(12), ⇨ think twice at think1(8)
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