[usuallybeforenoun]
twice as much / many
1 twice as much or as many as usual:
a double helping * two double whiskies
with two parts
2 having or made of two things or parts that are equal or similar:
double doors * a double-page advertisement * 'Otter' is spelt with a double t. * My extension is two four double 0 (2400).
for two people
3 made for two people or things:
a double bed / room
compareSINGLEadj.(4)
combining two things
4 combining two things or qualities:
a double meaning / purpose / aim * It has the double advantage of being both easy and cheap.
determiner
twice as much / many twice as much or as many as:
His income is double hers. * He earns double what she does. * We need double the amount we already have.
词性: adverb
in two parts in twos or in two parts:
I thought I was seeing double (= seeing two of sth). * Fold the blanket double. * I had to bend double to get under the table.
词性: noun
twice as much / many
1 [U] twice the number or amount:
He gets paid double for doing the same job I do.
alcoholic drink
2 [C] a glass of strong alcoholic drink containing twice the usual amount:
Two Scotches, please-and make those doubles, will you?
person / thing
3 [C] a person or thing that looks exactly like another:
She's the double of her mother.
4 [C] an actor who replaces another actor in a film/movie to do dangerous or other special things
seealsoBODYDOUBLE
bedroom
5 [C] = DOUBLEROOM:
Is that a single or a double you want?
compareSINGLEn.(3)
in sport
6 (doubles) [pl.] a game, especially of tennis, in which one pair plays another:
mixed doubles (= in which each pair consists of a man and a woman)
compareSINGLESn.(5)
7 (the double) [sing.] the fact of winning two important competitions or beating the same player or team twice, in the same season or year:
She's going for the double this year-the Olympics and the World Championship.
IDIOMS
at the double (BrE) (AmE on the double) (informal) quickly; hurrying
double or quits (BrE) (AmE double or nothing) (in gambling) a risk in which you could win twice the amount you pay, or you could lose all your money
become twice as much / many
1 to become, or make sth become, twice as much or as many:
[V] Membership almost doubled in two years. * [VN] Double all the quantities in the recipe to make enough for eight people.
fold
2 [VN] ~ sth (over) to bend or fold sth so that there are two layers:
She doubled the blanket and put it under his head.
in baseball
3 [V] to hit the ball far enough for you to get to second BASE:
He doubled to left field.
PHRASALVERBS
double as sth
