twain

FREQ #17489

n. 二, 两, 一对

发音

US /tweɪn/

词形变化

twains 复数 twained twaining twains 三单 twains twaining 现在分词 twained 过去式 twained 过去分词

别名

twaine

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Pair, couple.

v.
  1. 1.

    To part in twain; divide; sunder.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    twofold

    罕用
num.
  1. 1.

    two

    过时

    But the warm twilight round us twain will never rise again.

    Bring me these twain cups of wine and water, and let us drink from the one we feel more befitting of this day.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

couple pair brace span duo duet yoke couplet dyad twosome

上位词 4

two deuce 2 II

下位词 1

doubleton

部分词 2

mate fellow

相关短语

twain cloud twain clouds Twain Harte never the twain shall meet in twain loss and gain are brothers twain

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der. Proto-Germanic *twai Proto-West Germanic *twai-der. Old English twēġen Middle English tweyne English twain PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English tweyne, tweien, twaine, from Old English twēġen m (“two”), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Saterland Frisian twäin, Low German twene, German zween. More at two. The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of two, then especially in the cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV, the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it is commonly used as a rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not to or too is meant.

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