单词 | two of a kind |
释义 | > as lemmastwo of a kind (b) Following a numeral, with reference to a number of people or (less commonly) things: very similar, much the same. Esp. in two of a kind.In quot. 1691 with reference to things of the identical type. ΚΠ 1691 Athenian Mercury 18 Apr. By Monster the Proposer means a monstrous product, from a Natural Generation, as when two of a kind, as Man and Woman, two Monkeys, &c. produce something of the same species, yet with less or more Limbs.] 1873 Trans. Royal Hist. Soc. 2 163 Two of a kind, whate'er they be, Are very certain to agree. 1909 Pharmaceut. Era 8 July 36/1 The intelligent doctor and this honest drug store are two of a kind. 1942 E. Ferber Saratoga Trunk (new ed.) vi. 100 In a way, chéri , we're two of a kind. 1970 R. D. Abrahams Positively Black v. 122 There were the Dalton Brothers, four of a kind. 2005 M. Lewycka Short Hist. Tractors in Ukrainian xvii. 182 I realise how much I have been depending on Big Sis to take on Valentina. Now I recognise that in some ways they are two of a kind. < as lemmas |
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