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• doublebank, double bank

動詞

double-bank (third-person singular simple present double-banks, present participle double-banking, simple past and past participle double-banked)

1. (nautical) To row (a vessel) by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart.
2. (nautical) To set two rowers to pulling (a single oar).
3. (New Zealand, Australia) To ride (a horse, or bicycle) with two people on saddle
   • 1888, Rolf Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms:

     `We must double-bank my horse,' whispers Jim, `for a mile or two, till we're clear of the place; we didn't want to bring a lot of horses about.'

   • 1891, George Edward Mannering, With axe and rope in the New Zealand Alps:

     On this occasion we double-banked over on horseback without much difficulty; but very often the Hooker River is quite impassable with horses

4. To double up, to have two people doing something usually done just by one.

派生語

• double-banked
• double-banking

形容詞

double-bank (not comparable)

1. double-banked

参照

• “double-bank”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.