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tandem n.串联；串联式自行车 (1) 许多情况下都是采用两个阀门串联安装。(2) 串联电路是一种两个以上元件尾衔接或串在一起的电路。(3) 我从来没骑过双人自行车。(4) 你们要共骑的话，可选择双人自行车。 In 1785, tandem first came into existence as a noun meaning “carriage pulled by horses harnessed one behind the other.” About a hundred years later, people started to use tandem to refer to bicycles with two seats. This type of bicycle has two sets of pedals and two seats, but only one set of wheels. To transform tandem into an adverb, just stick in in front of it. "In tandem" can just mean "together" — like two departments working in tandem on a project.

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英 ['tændəm] 美 ['tændəm] (1) Many installations use a tandem combination of two valves.(2) A series circuit is one in which two or more pieces of apparatus are connected end to end or in tandem.(3) I've never ridden a tandem bicycle before.(4) You have a choice of a tandem if you want to ride together. Tandem describes an arrangement where people or animals are in formation, one behind the other. Couples attached at the hip sometimes like to ride tandem bicycles, which allow two people to pedal the same bike. How cute. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]双人自行车 A tandem is a bicycle designed for two riders, on which one rider sits behind the other. 2[PHRASE 短语]与…同时(发生) If one thing happens or is done in tandem with another thing, the two things happen at the same time.   [usu PHR after v]Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。3[PHRASE 短语]与…协作；配合 If one person does something in tandem with another person, the two people do it by working together.   [usu PHR after v]He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。

英语单词	tandem
英美音标	英 ['tændəm] 美 ['tændəm]
中文释义	n.串联；串联式自行车
英语例句	(1) Many installations use a tandem combination of two valves. (2) A series circuit is one in which two or more pieces of apparatus are connected end to end or in tandem. (3) I've never ridden a tandem bicycle before. (4) You have a choice of a tandem if you want to ride together.
中文例句	(1) 许多情况下都是采用两个阀门串联安装。 (2) 串联电路是一种两个以上元件尾衔接或串在一起的电路。 (3) 我从来没骑过双人自行车。 (4) 你们要共骑的话，可选择双人自行车。
vocabulary简明	Tandem describes an arrangement where people or animals are in formation, one behind the other. Couples attached at the hip sometimes like to ride tandem bicycles, which allow two people to pedal the same bike. How cute.
vocabulary扩展	In 1785, tandem first came into existence as a noun meaning “carriage pulled by horses harnessed one behind the other.” About a hundred years later, people started to use tandem to refer to bicycles with two seats. This type of bicycle has two sets of pedals and two seats, but only one set of wheels. To transform tandem into an adverb, just stick in in front of it. "In tandem" can just mean "together" — like two departments working in tandem on a project.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]双人自行车 A tandem is a bicycle designed for two riders, on which one rider sits behind the other. 2 [PHRASE 短语]与…同时(发生) If one thing happens or is done in tandem with another thing, the two things happen at the same time. [usu PHR after v] Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one. 马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。 3 [PHRASE 短语]与…协作；配合 If one person does something in tandem with another person, the two people do it by working together. [usu PHR after v] He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office. 他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。

Tandem People Bicycle Working End Ride Phrase 短语