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 doubling
 重折;兩層物;折痕;急迴轉

 doubling
 加倍

 Dou·ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doubled p. pr. & vb. n. Doubling ]
 1. To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; as, to double a sum of money; to double a number, or length.
    Double six thousand, and then treble that.   --Shak.
 2. To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth.
 Then the old man
 Was wroth, and doubled up his hands.   --Tennyson.
 3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
 Thus reënforced, against the adverse fleet,
 Still doubling ours, brave Rupert leads the way.   --Dryden.
 4. To pass around or by; to march or sail round, so as to reverse the direction of motion.
    Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage.   --Knolles.
 5. Mil. To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.

 Dou·bling n.
 1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
 2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice.
 3. Her. The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
 4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.
 Doubling a cape, promontory, etc. Naut., sailing around or passing beyond a cape, promontory, etc.
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 doubling
      n 1: increase by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took
           no time at all"
      2: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I
         decided his double was a bluff" [syn: double]