Twain
[tweɪn]
解釋/意思:
(a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.
手打:威特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Nearly obsolete.] Two.
編輯:纳内特
解釋/意思:
n. two a couple pair.—In twain asunder.
手打:罗纳德
例句/造句/用法:
- At last, men felt, the ranks of diplomacy were broken, the veils of Great Power policy were rent in twain. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- I tried it on a Moslem, and clove him in twain like a doughnut. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The night--its silence--its rest, was rent in twain by a savage, a sharp, a shrilly sound that ran from end to end of Thornfield Hall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- While the twain are faithful to their post, Mr. George strides through the streets with a massive kind of swagger and a grave-enough face. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The world of Islam was rent in twain by the spites, greeds, and partisan silliness of a handful of men and women in Medina. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- That last part of thy speech, Dennet, said the Minstrel, has saved thee a rib or twain. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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