Double
US /ˈdʌbəl/
・UK /'dʌbl/
A2 初級英檢初級
n. (c.)可數名詞酷似的人或物
I thought I saw my double, but it was only myself in the mirror
adj.形容詞雙的
A double room has a double bed for two people, a twin room has two beds
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)多工的
This surface can double as a cutting board
adj.形容詞兩倍的 ； 雙重的 ； 加倍的
I think we will double our sales this year, the market looks good
v.t./i.動詞 (及物/不及物)變成兩倍
We can double the work if you help me
adj.形容詞雙倍的
I’m so hungry I’ll have a double serving of spaghetti
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雙語算是一種超能力嗎？ (Is Bilingualism a Superpower? | Otherwords)
09:56
- which makes sense, considering that the developing brain of a bilingual child has double the workload.
這是有道理的，考慮到雙語兒童正在發展的大腦需要承擔兩倍的工作量。
- of a bilingual child has double the workload.
一個雙語孩子的工作量是雙倍的。
電影愛用「鏡子」場景為什麼都不會穿幫呢？原來他們利用了這些巧妙的拍攝技巧！ (How Mirror Scenes Are Shot In Movies & TV | Movies Insider)
06:49
- The body-double trick works best with twin actors.
雙人戲法最適合雙胞胎演員來詮釋。
- To avoid this issue and let actors focus on acting instead of imitating a body double, filmmakers turn to CGI.
為了避免這個問題並讓演員專注於表演而不是模仿替身，電影製作公司轉向使用 CGI。（CGI 為電腦合成影像）
你是哪一派？為什麼傳簡訊跟講電話的感覺會如此不同？(Why Does Texting Feel Different from Talking? | Otherwords)
07:03
- A time gap between conversational turns can give us space to look up extra information, double check our spelling and read over our message a time or five to really perfect what we want to say.
會話之間的時間間隔可以給我們空間來查找額外的信息，仔細檢查我們的拼寫，並閱讀我們的信息一到五次，以真正完善我們想說的話。
- to look up extra information, double check our spelling
查找更多資訊，仔細檢查拼寫錯誤
雖然負面作用一大堆，但是吸菸...感覺真棒?! (Smoking is Awesome)
11:45
- You get a sort of double whammy. On the one hand you flood your whole system and especially your lungs with at least 70 highly cancer-causing chemicals.
你會受到雙重打擊。一方面，你的整個系統，尤其是肺部，充斥著至少 70 種高度致癌的化學物質。
- free WiFis or downloading files without double-checking the source – cough cough.
免費 WiFis 或下載文件時不仔細檢查來源--咳咳。
