redouble

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An optional bid made by the side currently holding the highest bid for the contract, after the opposing side has doubled.
动词 v.
  1. To double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify. transitive
    — Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
  2. To double an opponent's doubling bid.
  3. To become twice as big. intransitive
  4. To double again what was reduced to a single state.
    — Like the Conservatives and Labour, the Lib Dems plan to extend Britain's rail network, reopen stations and redouble singled routes.

词形变化

redoubles present,singular,third-person redoubling participle,present redoubled participle,past redoubled past redoubles plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.
词源 2
From Middle French redoubler. By surface analysis, re- + double.
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