geminate

英 ['dʒemɪneɪt] 美 ['dʒemɪneɪt]

• adj. [语]含重叠音；[植]双生的；成对的
• v. 成对

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 【植、动】双生的
2. 成双的，成对的

v. 动词

1. 加倍
2. 重复
3. 成对，成双
4. 配对
5. 使成双，使成对
6. 使…加倍
7. 是…的两倍，变成两倍

n. 名词

1. 双辅音

英英释义

Noun:

1. a doubled or long consonant;

   "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate"
   

Verb:

1. form by reduplication;

   "The consonant reduplicates after a short vowel"
   "The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word"
   

2. occur in pairs

3. arrange in pairs;

   "Pair these numbers"
   

4. arrange or combine in pairs;

   "The consonants are geminated in these words"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Later, assimilation, geminate word and tone sandhi are studied at the word tier.
   此后，我们研究了词层的同化错误、叠音词和连读变调。
2. Chinese usually prefer to send geminate presents ,cause odd present is regarded aunluckily.
   中国人一般讲究礼品成双，因为奇数被视为不吉利。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Inflorescence usually geminates with 5-8 mm in diam.
   花序通常成对

词汇搭配

• geminate tooth 双生牙,双连牙...
• geminate teeth 并生芽,双生牙...

近反义词

【近义词】

• pair 一对
• reduplicate 重复