英语词汇“by 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. followed by the noun of quantity repeated with and between, as by two and two. archaic.by little and little: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 2a(c).

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c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8049 Heo droȝen ut of þan wuden..bi sixti & bi sixti.

c1300 K. Alis. 548 By threo, by foure, with his taile, To the ground he smot.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iii. viii. 55 They..bounden them to geders by ten and by twelue.

1483 Cath. Angl. 31/2 By lytylle and lytylle, sensim, paulatim.

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxix. 2 Streight these twelue a rose By foure, four, and foure.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 194 I play the torturer by small and small To lengthen out the worst.

1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iv. 321 Which, by little and little, enlargeth it self.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 225. ⁋2 A Set of Wags..appear generally by Two and Two.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 By one, and one, the bolts full easy slide.

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	by two and two
释义	> as lemmas by two and two a. followed by the noun of quantity repeated with and between, as by two and two. archaic.by little and little: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. Phrases 2a(c). ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8049 Heo droȝen ut of þan wuden..bi sixti & bi sixti. c1300 K. Alis. 548 By threo, by foure, with his taile, To the ground he smot. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iii. viii. 55 They..bounden them to geders by ten and by twelue. 1483 Cath. Angl. 31/2 By lytylle and lytylle, sensim, paulatim. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxix. 2 Streight these twelue a rose By foure, four, and foure. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 194 I play the torturer by small and small To lengthen out the worst. View more context for this quotation 1682 G. Wheler Journey into Greece iv. 321 Which, by little and little, enlargeth it self. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 225. ⁋2 A Set of Wags..appear generally by Two and Two. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 103 By one, and one, the bolts full easy slide. extracted from byprep.adv. by 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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