喜樂美語
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    A duplex is a kind of house that is one building split into two separate homes. Each home has its own door, kitchen, and family. In some places the two homes sit side by side and share a wall; in others one family lives upstairs and one lives downstairs.

    A duplexduplexis a kind of house是一種房子that is one building split into two separate homes是一棟建築物分成兩戶獨立的家。Each home每一戶has its own door, kitchen, and family都有自己的門、廚房和家庭。In some places在某些地方，the two homes sit side by side and share a wall兩戶並排、共用一道牆；in others在其他地方one family lives upstairs and one lives downstairs一戶住樓上、一戶住樓下。

    It is a normal housing word in American English especially. It is not a palace and not a block of many flats — just two.

    It is a normal housing word它是一個普通的住宅用字in American English especially尤其是在美式英文裡。It is not a palace它不是豪宅and not a block of many flats也不是有很多戶的公寓大樓——just two只有兩戶而已。

    Though actually, English also uses duplex for other “two-together” things (two-sided printing, two-way signals), but when people talk about where someone lives, they mean this two-home building. It sounds a little like a word from a property .

    Though actually不過其實，English also uses duplex for other "two-together" things英文也會用duplex來講其他「兩個一組」的東西（two-sided printing, two-way signals像是雙面列印、雙向訊號），but when people talk about where someone lives但當大家在講一個人住哪裡的時候，they mean this two-home building指的就是這種兩戶的建築。It sounds a little like a word from a property advert它聽起來有點像房地產廣告會用的字。

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組成Borrowed from Latin duplex, “double, two-fold,” from duo, “two,” + plico, “fold together.” By the look of the English word: duo- + -plex (“fold”).

同家族的字

  • duplicatesame Latin idea of doubling or folding in two
  • duplicitybuilt on the same “two-fold” root, but for two-faced behaviour

原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

duplexadj/ˈdu.plɛks/

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    architectureDouble; made up of two parts.

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    architectureDouble; made up of two parts.

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    engineeringmetallurgynatural-sciencesDouble; made up of two parts.

    • Duplex stainless steels have been classified according to the first period (1930–1960) and second period (1960–1990). The designations for these duplex alloys in the United States have been primarily according to Unified Numbering System (UNS) numbers in the S3xxx.x series.
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    communicationselectrical-engineeringengineeringBidirectional (in two directions).

    • duplex telegraphy
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    Having horizons with contrasting textures.

    • Soils are duplex, sandy and solodic. The dominant trees are the stringybark eucalypts […]

duplexnoun/ˈdu.plɛks/

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    A house made up of two dwelling units.

    • The house had been renovated into a duplex and he’d put in a phone line.
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    A dwelling unit with two floors.

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    hobbieslifestylephilatelyA cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.

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    artshobbiesjugglingA throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.

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    biochemistrybiologychemistryA double-stranded polynucleotide.

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    geographygeologynatural-sciencesA system of multiple thrust faults bounded above and below by a roof thrust and floor thrust.

    • In contrast, the folds in the overlying lithotectonic unit 4 are larger and are cut by a series of faults in a duplex.
    • It has been noted, using a combination of surface geologic and seismic reflection data, that a duplex, although formed in response to movement of a thrust sheet, frequently arches the thrust sheet as the duplex is built by duplication of rocks beneath it […]

duplexverb/ˈdu.plɛks/

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    To make duplex.

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    To make into a duplex.

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    artshobbiesjugglingTo make a series of duplex throws.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。