Double

(noun.) a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; 'he hit a double to deep centerfield'.

(noun.) a quantity that is twice as great as another; '36 is the double of 18'.

(noun.) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); 'he could be Gingrich's double'; 'she's the very image of her mother'.

(noun.) a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; 'his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable'.

(verb.) increase twofold; 'The population doubled within 50 years'.

(verb.) hit a two-base hit.

(verb.) do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; 'She doubles as his wife and secretary'.

(verb.) bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit).

(adj.) having two meanings with intent to deceive; 'a sly double meaning'; 'spoke with forked tongue' .

(adj.) large enough for two; 'a double bed'; 'a double room' .

(adj.) twice as great or many; 'ate a double portion'; 'the dose is doubled'; 'a twofold increase' .

(adj.) consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; 'an egg with a double yolk'; 'a double (binary) star'; 'double doors'; 'dual controls for pilot and copilot'; 'duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure' .

(adj.) having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; 'a double (or dual) role for an actor'; 'the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence'- R.W.Emerson; 'every episode has its double and treble meaning'-Frederick Harrison .

(adj.) used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements; 'double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical' .

(adv.) two together; 'some people sleep better double'.

(adv.) downward and forward; 'he was bent double with pain'.

录入:威廉姆斯

• As shown in the original designs, Fig. 116, she is a double ender, whose sides were to be 5 feet thick. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The royal crown of France is a circle ornamented with eight fleur-de-lis, from which rise as many quarter-circles closing under a double fleur-de-lis. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• As it has a double task to perform, it must be endowed with double force and energy. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Any amount of singular look for me, but not a double look! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Take care my gaoler hasn't got double duty to do--take care your room is not a prison too. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Our legs would refuse to bear us, our knees would double up, our ankles would turn over, and we should come to the ground. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Double cultivators are constructed so that their outside teeth may be adjusted in and out from the centre of the machine to meet the width of the rows between which they operate. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Germans were doubled up with laughter, hearing his strange droll words, his droll phrases of dialect. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Thus, while the force was reduced nearly one-half, the quantity of product was more than doubled. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Robert Jordan looked away from the man lying with his head doubled under on the road to the bridge, and the sentry box at the other end. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The buffalo-skins, doubled in fours, were spread all along one side, and four men, with great difficulty, lifted the heavy form of Tom into it. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Just then the firing doubled in intensity and in it was the heavy bumping of the hand grenades. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I wished it had been doubled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This more than doubled the distance from Grand Gulf to the high land back of Bruinsburg. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It appears to me that it doubles while I touch it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• By-and-by we shall take turns, for marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• That's two doubles and the rub,' said Mr. Chitling, with a very long face, as he drew half-a-crown from his waistcoat-pocket. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• By doubling the pressure we have reduced the volume one half. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Now, said he, doubling his great, heavy fist into something resembling a blacksmith's hammer, d'ye see this fist? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• At any rate, she had so many uses for it that its very insufficiency had caused her to play high in the hope of doubling it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The hotel was a very small one, and by doubling up we were barely accommodated. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This arises from the fact that by the doubling of potential the two outside mains are reduced to one-quarter the cross-section otherwise necessary. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Old problems like squaring the circle, trisec ting the angle, and doubling the cube, were now attempted in a new spirit and with fresh vigor. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• He kissed Georgy on the head, and the boy got out, doubling his fists into his eyes, and with the aid of Francis. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

录入:洛伦佐