twin

双子

同じ母親から一度の出産で生まれた二人の子の一人。

やさしい英語で： One of two children born to the same mother in the same birth.

• My brother is my twin.
• The twins started school today.
• Are you an identical twin?

類義語： twindle, twinling, doublet

よく使う表現： identical twin, my twin, a twin sister

そっくりなもの、片割れ

見た目が同じか、とてもよく似た二つの物の一方。

やさしい英語で： One of two things that look the same or match each other closely.

• This lamp has an identical twin.
• I found the twin of my missing earring.
• The two statues are almost perfect twins.

使い方： the twin of something (This vase is the twin of the one upstairs.)

類義語： match, counterpart, double

よく使う表現： an identical twin, twin of something, its matching twin, a near twin

兄弟、相棒

特に男性の友人に親しみを込めて呼びかける言葉。

やさしい英語で： A friendly name used when speaking to someone, especially a male friend.

• Hey, twin, how are you?
• Thanks, twin, I appreciate your help.
• Listen, twin, I've got something to tell you.

類義語： mate, buddy, bro

よく使う表現： hey twin, thanks twin, what's up twin

双子の

同じ母親から、もう一人の子と一度の出産で生まれた。

やさしい英語で： Born with another child to the same mother in the same birth.

• She has a twin brother.
• Their twin daughters look very different.
• The twin boys celebrated their birthday together.

類義語： twofold

よく使う表現： twin sister, twin brothers, twin babies

対の、二つの

似ている、または対応する二つのものが一緒にある。

やさしい英語で： Existing as two similar or matching things together.

• The room has twin beds.
• The boat's twin engines started together.
• Safety and comfort are our twin goals.

類義語： paired, double, dual

反対語： single

よく使う表現： twin beds, twin engines, twin towers

姉妹都市にする、対にする

二つの物や場所を結びつける。特に異なる国の都市を姉妹都市にする。

やさしい英語で： To link two things or places as a pair, especially towns in different countries.

• They decided to twin the towns.
• Our village is twinned with an Italian village.
• The project twins schools across Europe.

使い方： twin A with B (The council plans to twin our town with a town in Spain.); be twinned with something (Our school is twinned with a school in France.)

類義語： pair, link

よく使う表現： twin two towns, twin with something, twin the schools