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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
twin
twin [twin twins twinned twinning] noun, verb, adjective BrE [twɪn] NAmE [twɪn]
noun
1. one of two children born at the same time to the same mother
• She's expecting twins.
see also ↑conjoined twin, ↑fraternal twin, ↑identical twin, ↑Siamese twin
2. one of two similar things that make a pair
• The plate was one of a pair but I broke its twin.
Word Origin:
late Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.
Collocations:
Children
Having a baby/child
want a baby/a child/kids
start a family
conceive/be expecting/be going to have a baby/child
miss your period
become/get/ be/find out that you are pregnant
have a baby/a child/kids/a son/a daughter/twins/a family
have a normal/a difficult/an unwanted pregnancy; an easy/a difficult/a home birth
be in/go into/induce labour (especially US) labor
have/suffer/cause a miscarriage
give birth to a child/baby/daughter/son/twins
Parenting
bring up/ (especially NAmE) raise a child/family
care for/ (especially BrE) look after a baby/child/kid
change (BrE) a nappy/(NAmE) a diaper/a baby
feed/breastfeed/bottle-feed a baby
be entitled to/go on maternity/paternity leave
go back/return to work after maternity leave
need/find/get a babysitter/good quality affordable childcare
balance/combine work and childcare/child-rearing/family life
educate/teach/home-school a child/kid
punish/discipline/spoil a child/kid
adopt a baby/child/kid
offer a baby for/put a baby up for adoption
(especially BrE) foster a child/kid
be placed with/be raised by foster parents
Example Bank:
•His long-lost twin was searching for him.
•I was the older twin.
•My sister had twins.
•She had twin girls.
•The twins were separated at birth.
•a pair of identical twins
•adult twins who were raised apart
•an operation to separate conjoined twins
•the plot device of giving a character an evil twin
verb (-nn-)
1. usually passive ~ sth (with sth) to make a close relationship between two towns or areas
•Oxford is twinned with Bonn in Germany.
2. ~ sth (with sth) to join two people or things closely together
•The opera twins the themes of love and death.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.
adjective only before noun
1. used to describe one of a pair of children who are twins
•twin boys/girls
•a twin brother/sister
2. used to describe two things that are used as a pair
•a ship with twin propellers
3. used to describe two things that are connected, or present or happening at the same time
•The prison service has the twin goals of punishment and rehabilitation.
Word Origin:
late Old English twinn ‘double’, from twi- ‘two’; related to Old Norse tvinnr. Current verb senses date from late Middle English.
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