英语词汇“two and two”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Expressing the repetition of numerical groups. Esp. in two and two: by twos, two and then another two and so on, two preceded and followed by two continuously. Now archaic and rare.

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OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 7 He..him twelfe togeclypode, & agan hi sendan twam & twam.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 12351 Æuer tweie and tweie tuhte to-somne.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2323 He gan hem ransaken on and on.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1713 Ȝee sal..tak..Beist and fouxul..þe meke be þam ai tua and tua.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 356 I lefe it you bi oon and oone.

1587 T. Saunders True Discr. Voiage Tripolie sig. Biv^v Wee were cheaned three and three to an oare.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 90 Falst. Must we all march? Bar. Yea, two, and two, Newgate fashion.

1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) v. 38 Putting foure and foure to an oare.

1690 R. Strutton True Relation Cruelties French 10 We Mest our selves seven and seven together.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 128 The Ships..rid two and two in the middle of the Stream.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott ii, in Poems (new ed.) 12 The knights come riding, two and two.

1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1898) 16 Across the stubble acres now the teams go four and four.

1938 A. L. Maycock Nicholas Ferrar viii. 204 The three masters in their black gowns..followed by the boys, two and two.

d. two and two, two by two, formerly also by two and two: in groups or sets of two; two at a time; by twos.

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [adverb]

two and twoc1000

by two and twoc1575

matchlike1582

two by two1709–10

pairwise1831

binately1870

c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 528 He sende hi twam and twam ætforan him.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 281/109 He saiȝ þe freres go Þoruȝ þe londe, two and two.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1713 Ȝee sal..tak..Beist and fouxul..þe meke be þam ai tua and tua, þe wild do be þam-self al-sua.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 Before þe chariot gase..all þe maydens of þe cuntree, twa and twa togyder.

c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1264 The clerkis eke were sette be too and too.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 216 Guyer held his brother Gerames by the hande, and so all the other .ii. and .ii.

c1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew in Archaeologia (1840) 28 144 Foremoste wente all the soylders..by tooe and tooe.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xxviii. 494 They daunced two and two.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 104 Join'd with his School-Fellows, by two and two [rhyme pursue] .

1709–10 J. Addison Tatler No. 120. ⁋3 Coming out Two by Two, and marching up in Pairs.

1863 A. P. Stanley Serm. in East App. i. 153 We started on foot, two and two, between two files of soldiers.

单词	two and two
释义	> as lemmas two and two a. Expressing the repetition of numerical groups. Esp. in two and two: by twos, two and then another two and so on, two preceded and followed by two continuously. Now archaic and rare. ΚΠ OE West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) vi. 7 He..him twelfe togeclypode, & agan hi sendan twam & twam. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 12351 Æuer tweie and tweie tuhte to-somne. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2323 He gan hem ransaken on and on. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1713 Ȝee sal..tak..Beist and fouxul..þe meke be þam ai tua and tua. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 356 I lefe it you bi oon and oone. 1587 T. Saunders True Discr. Voiage Tripolie sig. Biv^v Wee were cheaned three and three to an oare. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iii. iii. 90 Falst. Must we all march? Bar. Yea, two, and two, Newgate fashion. View more context for this quotation 1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) v. 38 Putting foure and foure to an oare. 1690 R. Strutton True Relation Cruelties French 10 We Mest our selves seven and seven together. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 128 The Ships..rid two and two in the middle of the Stream. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Lady of Shalott ii, in Poems (new ed.) 12 The knights come riding, two and two. 1891 W. Morris Poems by Way (1898) 16 Across the stubble acres now the teams go four and four. 1938 A. L. Maycock Nicholas Ferrar viii. 204 The three masters in their black gowns..followed by the boys, two and two. extracted from andconj.¹adv.n.¹ two and two d. two and two, two by two, formerly also by two and two: in groups or sets of two; two at a time; by twos. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > pair > [adverb] two and twoc1000 by two and twoc1575 matchlike1582 two by two1709–10 pairwise1831 binately1870 c1000 Ælfric Homilies II. 528 He sende hi twam and twam ætforan him. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 281/109 He saiȝ þe freres go Þoruȝ þe londe, two and two. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1713 Ȝee sal..tak..Beist and fouxul..þe meke be þam ai tua and tua, þe wild do be þam-self al-sua. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 87 Before þe chariot gase..all þe maydens of þe cuntree, twa and twa togyder. c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine iv. 1264 The clerkis eke were sette be too and too. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxii. 216 Guyer held his brother Gerames by the hande, and so all the other .ii. and .ii. c1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew in Archaeologia (1840) 28 144 Foremoste wente all the soylders..by tooe and tooe. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies vi. xxviii. 494 They daunced two and two. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 104 Join'd with his School-Fellows, by two and two [rhyme pursue] . View more context for this quotation 1709–10 J. Addison Tatler No. 120. ⁋3 Coming out Two by Two, and marching up in Pairs. 1863 A. P. Stanley Serm. in East App. i. 153 We started on foot, two and two, between two files of soldiers. extracted from twoadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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