twin
gb/twˈɪn/ us/twˈɪn/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 3700
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
one of two siblings born together
One of two babies born to the same mother at the same time.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] is a twin
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'twin' with 'siblings' in general, but 'twin' means siblings born at the same time.
คำพ้องความหมาย
co-twin (Technical term referring specifically to the other individual in a twin pair.)
คำตรงข้าม
singleton (Refers to a person who is not one of a set of twins.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
identical twin
|fraternal twin
|twin sister
|twin brother
|twin babies
หัวข้อ
family
|biology
|daily life
|body
|relationships
ตัวอย่าง
- My twin and I have always been close.
- She has an identical twin who lives abroad.
- The twins were born just minutes apart.
- He often gets mistaken for his twin brother.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I have a twin sister.
- My twin is taller than me.
- The twins are playing in the garden.
- Her twin brother likes soccer.
คำนาม
B1
entity
2
one of two matching things
One of two things that look the same or are made to go together.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[something] is a twin of [something]
คำพ้องความหมาย
pair mate (Less common; refers to the other item in a matched set.)
คำตรงข้าม
single (Refers to an item that is not part of a pair.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
twin beds
|twin towers
|twin engines
หัวข้อ
objects
|design
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The hotel room had twin beds.
- The ship is powered by twin engines.
- These buildings are like twins in design.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- My room has twin beds.
- This car has twin exhaust pipes.
- The chairs are twins.
คำกริยา
B2
action
3
to match or pair with similar
To put something together with another thing that looks the same or is very similar.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to twin [something] with [something]
คำพ้องความหมาย
pair (More general; can refer to putting any two items together, not necessarily identical ones.)
คำตรงข้าม
separate (To keep things apart rather than pairing them.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
twin with
หัวข้อ
matching
|design
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The city was twinned with a town in France.
- They twinned the new bridge with an older one nearby.
- Her dress is twinned with matching shoes.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Our town is twinned with one in Italy.
- I twinned my scarf with my hat.
- The school is twinned with another school in Spain.
adjective
A2
property
4
having a sibling born at same time
Having a brother or sister who was born at the same time as you.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] is a twin [brother/sister]
คำพ้องความหมาย
co-born (Rare; emphasizes being born at the same time.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
twin brother
|twin sister
หัวข้อ
family
|body
|relationships
ตัวอย่าง
- She is my twin sister.
- He grew up with his twin brother in a small town.
- Twin brothers often share a strong bond.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I have a twin brother.
- My twin sister is older by five minutes.
- He is my twin.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
twin
IPA
GB/twˈɪn/
US/twˈɪn/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
twin (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (twin)
รูปคำ
Adjective
- Base: twin
Noun
- Base: twin
- Plural: twins
Verb
- Base: twin
- 3rd Person Singular: twins
- Present Participle: twinning
- Past: twinned
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
twins
noun
twinning
verb
twinned
verb
Advanced or less common
twinless
adjective
จุดสำคัญด้านไวยากรณ์
- Irregular present participle: twinning Verb
- Irregular past: twinned Verb
วลีและสำนวน
evil twin
4/ˈivəl twˈɪn/
idiom
informal
bad version of someone who looks the same
A person who looks like someone else but is bad instead of good.
ตัวอย่าง
- In the story, the hero has an evil twin who causes trouble.
- He joked that his evil twin must have done it.
fraternal twins
1/fɹətˈɚnəl twˈɪnz/
fixed phrase
twins from separate eggs, not identical
Twins who do not look the same because they come from different eggs.
ตัวอย่าง
- Fraternal twins can be different genders.
- My cousins are fraternal twins and look nothing alike.
twin cities
2/twˈɪn sˈɪtiz/
fixed phrase
two close connected cities
Two cities that are near each other and act like one city in some ways.
ตัวอย่าง
- Minneapolis and St. Paul are known as the Twin Cities.
- The festival is popular in both twin cities.
twin peaks
3/twˈɪn pˈiks/
fixed phrase
two nearby similar mountain tops
Two mountain tops that are close together and look alike.
ตัวอย่าง
- From here you can see the twin peaks across the valley.
- Hikers reached the summit of both twin peaks.
identical twins
1/aɪdˈɛntɪkəl twˈɪnz/
fixed phrase
Twins from one fertilized egg
Two brothers or sisters who come from one egg and one sperm, so they have the same genes and usually look exactly the same.
ตัวอย่าง
- People often confuse identical twins for each other.
- People often confuse the identical twins because they look so alike.
- Identical twins usually have the same eye color.
- The doctor explained that identical twins share the same DNA.