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单词 a-two
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a-twoadv.

/əˈtuː/
Forms: Old English on tú, on twá, Middle English atuo, Middle English atwoo, Middle English–1500s a to, ato, Middle English o-two, 1500s atoo, Middle English– atwo, a-two.
Etymology: Old English on tú , on twá , in two: see a prep.1 and two adj. While a-twain is only a literary archaism, a-two is also in modern dialects; the regular prose form is in two.
archaic and dialect.
1. In or into two parts; a-twain. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adverb] > in or into two
a-twoc885
a-twina1300
a-twain1377
dichotomously1751
dichotomically1843
c885 tr. Orosius Hist. i. x. §3 Híe heora here on tú [v.r. on twá] todǽldon.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 375 Rychard..brec þer hys necke atuo.
c1420 Chron. Vilod. 862 Alle þe gables of the shippe þey broston a to.
1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 303 A mouse in time may bite atwo a cable.
1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd i. 49 Sawed Sigmund..till the stone was cleft atwo.
2. Away from each other, apart, asunder. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adverb] > apart or asunder
sundereOE
asunderOE
asunderOE
a-twoc1270
a-twin1303
in sundera1387
serea1400
disjointc1430
sunderwisec1440
bysondre1496
apart1608
a-twain1870
c1270 Assumpcion 263 Sithen we ben parted atwo.
c1425 Seven Sages (P.) 3053 Thay token leve and wente o-two.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xv. l. 604 Kysseth me er that we now departen Atwo.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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