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double

/ˈdʌbəl/

US UK

adjective

made of two parts that are similar or exactly the same

One of the eggs had a double yolk.

The truck crossed the double yellow line and entered the other lane.

My name is Allison, with a double l.

The band is releasing a double album [=a set of two records, CDs, etc.] later this year.

Go through those double doors and walk to the end of the hall.

He was convicted of a double murder. [=of killing two people at the same time]

having two very different parts or qualities

He served a double [=dual] role as both king and servant to his people.

His statement has a double meaning. [=it means two different things]

In this film, he does double duty [=performs two roles] as both actor and director.

If you are leading/living a double life, you have something secret that you do as an important part of your life in addition to the regular parts of your life that other people know about.

She was a newspaper reporter who led/lived a double life as a spy.

of a size that is twice as big as usual :of an amount that is twice as much as usual

I'll have a double espresso, please.

two double martinis

a double dose of medicine

Line the pan with a double thickness [=two layers] of foil.

a double order of fries

coming from two different places or sources

families with a double income [=two incomes]

two times as great or as many as the number, amount, size, etc., of something else

The college had double [=twice] the number of expected applicants.

Our new car was double the price of our last one.

The CEO's salary is nearly double that of the president.

made for two people to use

We'll need a double room.

a room with a double bed

of a flower :having more than the usual number of petals

double flowers/blooms

verb

doubles; doubled; doubling

[+ obj] :to cause (something) to become two times as great or as many

They doubled their winnings.

[no obj] :to become two times as great or as many

The price of the house had doubled. = The house had doubled in price.

[no obj] :to have a second job or use - + as

Our couch often doubles as a bed. [=is often used as a bed]

Their living room doubles as a home office.

[+ obj] :to bend or fold (something, such as a piece of paper) usually in the middle - usually + over or up

I doubled over the paper and put it in my notebook.

to bend forward at the waist - usually + over or up; [no obj]

We all doubled over laughing.

He doubled up in pain. [+ obj]

The pain doubled him over. = He was doubled over with pain.

[no obj] baseball :to hit a double :to hit the ball so that you can reach second base

He doubled to left field.

double back

[phrasal verb]

to turn around and return on the same path

I'm going to double back to see if I dropped the ring on the way here.

double up

[phrasal verb]

to share a place to live or sleep that is made for one person or one family

Some families have to double up [=live with another family] in crowded apartments.

There was only one bed, so we had to double up. - see also 2double 3b (above)

double up on

[phrasal verb]

double up on (something) :to use or do two times as many of (something)

I'm going to have to double up on [=take twice as many] classes this semester if I want to graduate this year.

noun

plural doubles

[singular] :something that is two times the usual size, strength, or amount

I'll have one more glass of vodka. Make it a double, please.

[count] someone who looks very much like another person

People often tell me that I'm his double.

a person who looks like an actor and takes the actor's place in some scenes in a movie or TV show

The actress's double did all of the dangerous scenes.

Can you tell if it's the actor or his double in that shot? - see also body double, stunt double

[count] baseball :a hit in baseball that allows a batter to reach second base

He hit a double in the eighth inning. - compare home run, single, triple

doubles [plural] :a game of tennis or a similar sport that is played between two pairs of players

We play doubles with another couple on the weekends.

He's my doubles partner.

[count] :a room in a hotel, inn, etc., for two people

We'll need a double for the night. - compare single

double or nothing

US or Brit double or quits

a gambling bet in which you could win two times as much money as you have already won or you could lose all of the money

I won $20 on the first game but lost it on the second game going double or nothing.

on the double

US or Brit at the double

informal :very quickly :as soon as possible

I need you back here on the double. [=immediately]

adverb

two times as many or as much

The last question on the exam counts double. [=is worth twice as many points]

I was charged/billed double. [=twice the usual amount]

two times - usually used in combination

I was double-charged/billed. [=I was charged/billed twice for the same product or service]

bend double

to fold in the middle.

I held on tight as my fishing rod bent double.

He bent double [=doubled over] in pain.

Bend double is used more frequently in British English than in U.S. English.

see double

to see two things when only one thing is present

As her eyesight got worse, she began seeing double.

that goes double for

informal - used to say that something you have just said about one person or thing relates even more strongly to another

You're in trouble, Steven. And that goes double for you, John. [=you, John, are in even more trouble than Steven]

* Các từ tương tự:
double agent, double bass, double bill, double bind, double bogey, double boiler, double bond, double chin, double cream