| Sammansatta former: |
| Engelska | Svenska |
albatross,
also US: double eagle n | (golf score: 3 under par) (golf) | albatross s |
| I hit my first-ever albatross today! |
bent over,
bent double adj | (person: doubled over) | böjd adj |
| hopkrupen adj |
| He was bent over in agony. |
do a double take,
also UK: do a double-take v expr | (look surprised) | titta en gång till vbal uttr |
| titta en extra gång vbal uttr |
| I did a double take when I saw Richard; he looks completely different without a beard! |
| double agent n | (government spy) | dubbelagent s |
| spion s |
| We didn't know that our spy was a double agent, also working for our enemy. |
double bass,
upright bass,
stand-up bass n | (large stringed instrument) | kontrabas s |
| I've played the double bass since I was 14 years old. |
double bass,
double-bass n as adj | (relating to large stringed instrument) (förled) | kontrabas- adj |
| Freda tightened her double bass bow. |
| double bed n | (bed for two) | dubbelsäng s |
| Do you have a room with a double bed and en-suite bathroom? |
| double chin n | (excess chin fat) | dubbelhaka s |
| Our ex-president had a double chin. |
double cream,
double crème n | US (high-fat French cheese) | översättning ej tillgänglig |
| double entendre n | French (ambiguous meaning) | tvetydigt ord adj + s |
| dubbelbottnat uttryck adj + s |
| He can't open his mouth without letting slip some double entendre or other. |
| double fault n | (tennis: two bad serves) | dubbelfel s |
| double glazing | (construction) | dubbelglasering s |
| dubbelglas s |
| double helix n | (2 spirals together) | dubbelspiral s |
| DNA is arranged in a double helix. |
| double meaning n | (ambiguity) | dubbel betydelse, dubbel mening adj + s |
| Much of the humour in Shakespeare's writing comes from double meanings. |
| double negative n | (grammar) (grammatik) | dubbel negation, dubbel negering s |
| My English teacher told me I was wrong to use a double negative. |
| double room n | (hotel room: bed for two) | dubbelrum s |
| I'd like to book a double room for three nights. |
| double standard n | (principle applied unfairly) | dubbelmoral s |
| It's another instance of the double standard that praises promiscuous men and denigrates promiscuous women. |
double take,
also UK: double-take n | (surprised response) | extra kontroll s |
| extra titt s |
| Dan thought no one noticed his double take when the eccentrically dressed man passed him in the street, but I did. |
| double-check [sth]⇒ vtr | (cross-check, inspect again) | dubbelkolla vtr |
| We should double-check our grocery list to make sure we have everything we need. |
| Let's double-check those figures to make sure we got them right. |
double-clutch (US),
double-declutch (UK) vi | (change gear in car) | växla vitr |
| växla upp vitr partikel |
| växla ner vitr partikel |
| double-cross [sb]⇒ vtr | informal (betray) (bildlig) | gå bakom ryggen på ngn vbal uttr |
| förråda vtr |
| He double-crossed me and ran off with the money and the girl. |
double-cross,
double cross n | informal (betrayal) (bildlig) | kniv i ryggen uttr |
| dubbelspel s |
| förräderi s |
| We'd invented a perfect con, but my partner betrayed me with a double cross. |
| double-decker n | colloquial (double-decker bus) | dubbeldäckare s |
| Bright red double-decker buses are a familiar sight in London. |
double-edged sword,
dual-edged sword n | figurative (both positive and negative) (bildlig) | tveeggat svärd s |
| Medical radiation is a double-edged sword that helps fight cancer, but can destroy healthy tissues as well. |
| double-glaze [sth]⇒ vtr | (fit with double-thickness windows) | sätta in dubbelglas vbal uttr |
| förse ngt med dubbelglas vbal uttr |
doubleheader,
also UK: double-header n | US (sports: two consecutive games) (sport) | två matcher i rad s |
doubleheader (US),
double header (UK),
double-header (UK) n | (train with two locomotives) | tvåloks-tåg s |
doublespeak,
double talk,
double-talk n | (misleading language) | vagt språk s |
| vagt uttalande s |
| tvetydighet s |
heavy cream (US),
double cream (UK) n | (thick whipping cream) | vispgrädde s |
| The cook used heavy cream to thicken the sauce. |
| in double-quick time expr | (very fast) (bildlig) | i racerfart prep + s |
| (bildlig) | i ljusets hastighet uttr |
| (vardagligt) | jättesnabbt adv |
on the double,
also UK: at the double expr | (very fast) (bildlig) | i full galopp uttr |
| väldigt snabbt adj + adv |
| see double v expr | (have blurred vision) | se dubbelt vitr + adv |
| I thought I was seeing double, but it was just that my glasses were steamed up. Those are twins? I thought I was seeing double! |
