double
/ˈdʌb.əl/ adjectif A2En français : double
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements. · The closet has double doors.
- Of twice the quantity. · Give me a double serving of mashed potatoes.· Britain's population density used to be double that of China.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family. · He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.). · a double room· a double garage
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Stooping; bent over.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous. · a double meaning
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical. · a double life
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size.
All I can say is, that if it be so, ’tis an ill turn, and well deserves to bring double evil on those who have projected it.”
And thus his trick recoiled on him, for he now carried on his back a double burden.
“It is a double grief to me,” he exclaimed, “that I should perish by an arrow feathered from my own wings.”
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