1 [+brother, sister] (identical) gemelo; (non-identical) mellizo ...Artie had loved his twin [brother] ...Helene's twin [sister], Eva The twin sisters spent most of their lives competing against one another ...Judy's 15-year-old twin sons Ben and Tom ...their twin daughters Sarah and Sharon ...the study of twin [boys] by Koluchova Our twin boys were just over 2 when I fell ill ...adopted twin [girls] from Central America He revealed last night that his wife is expecting twin girls
she has twin daughters tiene dos hijas gemelas; tiene dos hijas mellizas
2 (linked) [+town, city] hermano Newlyn's twin town is Concarneau la ciudad hermana de Newlyn es Concarneau; Newlyn está hermanada con Concarneau
...Aberdeen's five twin cities around the world: Stavanger, Gomel, Regensburg, Clermont-Ferrand and Bulawayo ...an international exhibition from Edinburgh's twin city of Kiev
3 (double) [+towers, peaks, engines] gemelo the twin towers of the temple ...the twin [turrets] of Tower Bridge... ...the twin spires of the cathedral ...the huge volcanic twin peaks which dominate the shanty town of Soufriere to the south The hull was originally intended for twin engines
[+propellers] doble The plane is an eight-seater with twin propellers
[+concepts] hermano the twin aims or goals of sth el doble objetivo de algo
...hoping to achieve the twin goals of saving his invention and avoiding capture. 600 million was advanced to housing associations with the twin aims of reviving the sluggish housing market and providing more homes for rent ...the twin concepts of rationalist liberty and humanitarian equality
the twin evils of malnutrition and disease la malnutrición y la enfermedad, dos males que siempre van juntos
drama and politics were her twin [obsessions]
the twin pillars of el doble pilar de
The twin pillars of the Tory temple, he said, were welfare and wealth The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were conceived as the twin pillars of the post-war economic order
twin souls almas (f) gemelas
I can't help but feel that these two are twin souls Oh, they're twin souls, as close as you can get in a platonic relationship
