transcription, транскрипция: [ twɪn ]
( twins, twinning, twinned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If two people are twins , they have the same mother and were born on the same day.
Sarah was looking after the twins...
She had a twin brother and a younger brother.
N-COUNT : oft N n
2.
Twin is used to describe a pair of things that look the same and are close together.
...the twin spires of the cathedral.
...the world’s largest twin-engined aircraft.
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
Twin is used to describe two things or ideas that are similar or connected in some way.
...the twin concepts of liberty and equality...
ADJ : ADJ n
4.
When a place or organization in one country is twinned with a place or organization in another country, a special relationship is formally established between them. ( BRIT )
Five Polish banks are to be twinned with counterparts in Western Europe...
The borough is twinned with Kasel in Germany.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed with n , V-ed
5.
Twin towns or cities are twinned with each other. ( BRIT; in AM, use sister cities )
This led Zagreb’s twin town, Mainz, to donate £70,000-worth of high-quality equipment.
ADJ : ADJ n
6.
see also identical twin , Siamese twin