| 单词 | tweedle-tweedle |
| 释义 | > as lemmastweedle-tweedle tweedledum and tweedledee n. in the earliest example used in reference to two rival musicians (whence the figurative sense: see 2); tweedledee and tweedledum (also tweedle-dum), used to suggest the contrast or combination of the sounds of high- and low-pitched musical instruments; hence in quot. 1792 attributive = musical (obsolete); tweedle-dee, tweedle-dum, a high-, or a low-pitched instrument, or one who plays it; in quots. 1806, 1806, a fiddler (obsolete); tweedle-tweedle, the action or practice of tweedling; music, harmony (obsolete).extracted from tweedle-comb. form< as lemmas |
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