- 1雙拼屋、一棟兩戶。台灣說的「複式」多半指同一戶的樓中樓,意思不一樣。
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. It is a normal housing word in American English especially. It is not a palace and not a block of many flats — just two. 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 .
From the word’s history
From Latin duplex 'double, two-fold', from duo 'two' + plico 'fold'.
借自拉丁文 duplex「雙重的」,duo(二)加 plico(折)。
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”).
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,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.
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