| 单词 | twapart |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwapart c. two parts: two out of three equal parts (cf. part n.1 2), two thirds (see A. 3c). Chiefly Scottish, usually in form the twa part (sometimes as one word twapart). So twa daill (deal n.1 1). ΚΠ 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 369 In schort tym men mycht se ly Þe twapart ded, or þan deand. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 47 Mair than twa part of his rout. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 21 He loissit be Storme of the Se the Tua Part of his Schippis. 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 334 To confisk thair gudis, the twa daill to the Quenis Majesteis behuif, and the thrid to the conservatour. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 123 He tyt the King be the nek, twa part in tene. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 223 Two parts of night are past, the third is left. 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 36 Shall Papists peaceablie possess a twa-part of the patrimonie of the Kirk.., and shall Christ's Ministers..not have a third? 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 234 The two part thereof belongs to the King, and the third to the Sherriffs. 1808–25 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Twa part, twaparte, two thirds... This mode of expression is still quite common... The twa part and third, i.e., two thirds, and the remaining one. < as lemmas |
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