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twin-engine

/twin-en-juhn/US // ˈtwɪnˈɛn dʒən //

双引擎,双发动机,双发,双机

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having two engines of equal power as prime movers: a twin-engine airplane.

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Examples

  • Twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.

  • The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.

  • An F-35 was destroyed on takeoff earlier in the year when a design flaw in its Pratt & Whitney F135 engine sparked a fire.

  • Texas has also started to become an engine of economic growth.

  • Target was established in 1962 by the Dayton brothers as a discount offshoot of their eponymous Twin Cities department store.

  • It was only the engine drawing the train of cars up to the station to take the passengers away.

  • “Mon pauvre petit, you are hungry,” said Aristide, carrying it to the car racked by the clattering engine.

  • Adjoining the engine-house on the other side, is the stable, where five splendid horses are kept.

  • This hurly-burly,” said he, drawing her into a quiet eddy of the stream, “is no place for the communion of two twin souls.

  • The huge engine, the wonderful carriages, the imposing guard, the busy porters and the bustling station.