| 单词 | twa-three |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwa-three b. two or three (chiefly dialect and U.S. two-three, Scottish. twa-three): an indefinite (small or inconsiderable) number (of); a few. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [adjective] > small in number one or two ——a1400 threea1535 two or three1557 two-three1557 two1661 precious few1839 1557 Peebles Burgh Rec. (1872) 240 The baillies, accumpanit with the thesaurare and tua thre honest men. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1928) II. 197 Ȝeiris and dayis mo than two or thre. 1669 in Extracts State Papers (Friends' Hist. Soc.) (1913) 4th Ser. 296 Here is many theeues and two Three murtherers and aboue thirty quakers in the Castle. 1670 Lady M. Bertie in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 21 The under pettycoatt very richly laced with two or three sorts of lace. 1787 R. Burns Death & Dr. Hornbook xxiv, in Poems (new ed.) xxiv. 63 In twa-three year. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. x. 205 The walls being covered with books, except in two or three places. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xv. 166 She was daundering on the craigs wi' twa-three sodgers. 1930 W. Faulkner As I lay Dying 83 It'd taken them two-three days to got her to town in the wagon. 1949 L. Hughes One-way Ticket 40 I knock on your door About two-three A.M. 1962 J. F. Straker Coil of Rope ii. 13 You'll have to wait two-three days if you don't go now. 1976 A. Price War Game i. viii. 159 The last two-three years he's been working on a post-graduate thesis. < as lemmas |
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