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 twin /ˈtwɪn/
 雙胞胎中一人,一對中的一個(a.)雙胞胎的,一對的,相似的(vi.)生雙胞胎

 twin /ˈtwɪn/ 形容詞
 雙的,孿生的,雙晶

 twin
 雙 孿生

 Twin a.
 1. Being one of two born at a birth; as, a twin brother or sister.
 2. Being one of a pair much resembling one another; standing in the relation of a twin to something else; -- often followed by to or with.
 3. Bot. Double; consisting of two similar and corresponding parts.
 4. Crystallog. Composed of parts united according to some definite law of twinning. See Twin, n., 4.
 Twin boat, or Twin ship Naut., a vessel whose deck and upper works rest on two parallel hulls.
 Twin crystal. See Twin, n., 4.
 Twin flower Bot., a delicate evergreen plant (Linnaea borealis) of northern climates, which has pretty, fragrant, pendulous flowers borne in pairs on a slender stalk.
 Twin-screw steamer, a steam vessel propelled by two screws, one on either side of the plane of the keel.

 Twin, n.
 1. One of two produced at a birth, especially by an animal that ordinarily brings forth but one at a birth; -- used chiefly in the plural, and applied to the young of beasts as well as to human young.
 2. pl. Astron. A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.
 3. A person or thing that closely resembles another.
 4. Crystallog. A compound crystal composed of two or more crystals, or parts of crystals, in reversed position with reference to each other.
 Note: ☞ The relative position of the parts of a twin may be explained by supposing one part to be revolved 180° about a certain axis (called the twinning axis), this axis being normal to a plane (called the twinning plane) which is usually one of the fundamental planes of the crystal. This revolution brings the two parts into parallel position, or vice versa. A contact twin is one in which the parts are united by a plane surface, called the composition face, which is usually the same as the twinning plane. A penetration twin is one in which the parts interpenetrate each other, often very irregularly. Twins are also called, according to form, cruciform, geniculated, etc.

 Twin v. i. [imp. & p. p. Twinned p. pr. & vb. n. Twinning.]
 1. To bring forth twins.
 2. To be born at the same birth.

 Twin, v. t.
 1. To cause to be twins, or like twins in any way.
 Still we moved
 Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.   --Tennyson.
 2. To separate into two parts; to part; to divide; hence, to remove; also, to strip; to rob. [Obs.]
    The life out of her body for to twin.   --Chaucer.

 Twin, v. i. To depart from a place or thing. [Obs.] “Ere that we farther twin.”
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 twin
      adj 1: being two identical [syn: duplicate, matching, twin(a),
              twinned]
      2: very similar [syn: siamese]
      n 1: either of two offspring born at the same time from the same
           pregnancy
      2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun in in Gemini
         [syn: Gemini]
      3: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn: Twin
         Falls]
      4: a duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude]
      v 1: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
           and chest in reverse" [syn: duplicate, parallel]
      2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is
         coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
         daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
         with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: match,
          mate, couple, pair]
      3: grow as twins; "twin crystals"
      4: give birth to twins
      [also: twinning, twinned]