Twice
[twaɪs]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) Two times; once and again.
(adv.) Doubly; in twofold quantity or degree; as, twice the sum; he is twice as fortunate as his neighbor.
編輯:韦德
解釋/意思:
adv. two times: once and again: doubly.—n. Twī′cer one who is both compositor and pressman.—adj. Twice′-told told twice: hackneyed.—At twice at two distinct times.
編輯:蒂姆
娱乐性解釋/意思:
adv. Once too often.
錄入:特丽萨
例句/造句/用法:
- The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It was twice--twenty times as fine; not one quarter as comfortable. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Think twice, you, Micawber, if you don't want to be crushed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- On the extreme right, however, his reserve brigade carried the enemy's works twice, and was twice driven therefrom by infantry. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- It has been around twice now. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Twice or thrice in the year, according to her promise, she wrote him letters to Madras, letters all about little Georgy. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Well, I have twice done you a wrong which I regret now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- My mother was twice married: the first time to Mr. Halcombe, my father; the second time to Mr. Fairlie, my half-sister's father. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I should not wish a smarter assistant, Mr. Holmes; and I know very well that he could better himself and earn twice what I am able to give him. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- But it has twice been burgled. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Once or twice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- There's twice as much in the newspaper, since I've taken to this chair, as there used to be. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Only think of _that_, my dear; he actually danced with her twice! 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She may not refuse him twice. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- In the words of Dalton, oxygen may combine with a certain portion of nitrous gas [as he called nitric oxide], or with twice that po rtion, but with no intermediate portion. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- This preparation needs to be applied only once or twice. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- He came up to me in the hall, took both my hands, pressed them earnestly, and opened his mouth twice. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- You don't remember me I see, but my name is Bell, and once or twice when the parsonage has been full, I've slept here, and tasted your good ale. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- We were silent again, and remained so, until the Doctor rose and walked twice or thrice across the room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- And once or twice lately, when he was alone in the evening and had nothing to do, he had suddenly stood up in terror, not knowing what he was. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- And he struck the Peer twice over the face with his open hand and flung him bleeding to the ground. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Twice burglars in my pay ransacked her house. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He has warned us twice, replied Justinian, as he walked out into the court with the poet; once by the earthquake, again by the springs. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The door was opened after he had knocked twice, and he went in, leaving us standing in the street. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- And I can eat twice more, the gypsy told him. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- We explored to King's-Weston twice last summer, in that way, most delightfully, just after their first having the barouche-landau. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- These assaults were continued to the middle of the afternoon, and resumed once or twice still later in the day. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The person who neglects to balance his account twice in the year, forfeits twenty-five guilders. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Twice was his card found on the table, when they returned from their morning's engagements. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
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