单词 | be two |
释义 | two /too/noun
ORIGIN: OE twā (fem and neuter) two (masc twēgen); Ger zwei, Gothic twai; Gr dyo, L duo, Sans dva, Gaelic dà twoˈer noun (informal) Anything that counts as or for two, or scores two twoˈfold adjective and adverb
twoˈfoldness noun twoˈness noun
twoˈsome (Scot twaˈsome) noun
twoˈ-bit adjective (N American) Cheap, paltry two bits plural noun (N American) Twenty-five cents, a quarter twoˈ-bottle adjective Able to drink two bottles of wine at a sitting two-by-fourˈ noun (a piece of) timber measuring four inches by two inches in cross-section (somewhat less when dressed) twoˈ-decker noun
twoˈ-digit adjective In double figures twoˈ-dimensional adjective
two-dimensionalˈity noun The property of having length and breadth but no depth twoˈ-edged adjective
twoˈ-eyed adjective Having two eyes (two-eyed steak (slang) a bloater) twoˈ-faced adjective
twoˈ-fisted adjective
twoˈ-foot adjective Measuring, or with, two feet twoˈ-footed adjective
twoˈ-for-his-heels noun (old) A rascal or knave (from the score for turning up a knave in cribbage) twoˈ-forked adjective Having two prongs or branches twoˈ-four adjective and adverb (music) With two crotchets to the bar twoˈ-hand adjective (Shakespeare) For two hands twoˈ-handed adjective
two-handˈedly adverb two-handˈer noun Anything designed for, written for or requiring both hands or two people (eg actors) twoˈ-headed adjective
twoˈ-horse adjective For two horses (two-horse race any contest in which only two of the participants have a genuine chance of winning) twoˈ-inch adjective Measuring two inches twoˈ-leaved or twoˈ-leafed adjective
twoˈ-legged adjective With two legs twoˈ-line adjective (printing) Having double depth of body twoˈ-lipped adjective
twoˈ-masted adjective Having two masts twoˈ-mastˈer noun A two-masted ship twoˈ-pair or twoˈ-pair-of-stairs adjective On a second floor noun A room so situated twoˈ-part adjective Composed in two parts or for two voices twoˈ-parted adjective
twopence /tupˈəns/ or (decimalized currency) two pence /too pens/ noun
twoˈpence-coloured adjective see under penny twopenny /tupˈni/ adjective
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twopenny-halfpenny /tupˈni-hāpˈni/ or twopence-halfpenny adjective Paltry, petty two-pennˈyworth or two-penn'orth /too-penˈərth/, also (chiefly Scot) twopenceworth /tupˈ/ noun
twoˈ-phase adjective (of an electrical circuit, device, etc) employing two phases whose voltages are displaced from one another by ninety electrical degrees twoˈ-piece noun Anything consisting of two separate parts, pieces or members (also adjective) twoˈ-ply adjective
noun Wool or yarn consisting of two strands twisted together two-pot screamer noun (Aust sl) A person who gets drunk on a comparatively small amount of alcohol two-power standard noun (historical) The principle that the strength of the British Navy must never be less than the combined strength of the navies of any two other powers twoˈ-roomed adjective twoˈ-score noun and adjective Forty twoˈseater noun
twoˈ-sidˈed adjective
two-sidˈedness noun two-speed gear noun A gear-changing contrivance with two possibilities two-start thread see double-threaded screw under double twoˈ-step noun
intransitive verb To dance the two-step twoˈ-storeyed or twoˈ-storˈey adjective twoˈstroke adjective
noun An engine working in such a way twoˈ-time transitive verb and intransitive verb
twoˈ-timer noun A person who deceives or double-crosses twoˈ-timing adjective and noun twoˈ-tone adjective
twoˈ-up noun (in NZ and Australia) a game in which two coins are tossed and bets made on both falling heads up or both tails up two-up, two-down noun and adjective (a small, traditionally built terraced house) having two bedrooms upstairs and two reception rooms downstairs twoˈ-way adjective
two-way mirror noun One functioning as a mirror on one side and able to be seen through on the other twoˈ-wheeled adjective Having two wheels two-wheelˈer noun A vehicle with two wheels, esp a motor-cycle, or formerly a hansom cab twoˈ-year-old adjective noun A child, colt, etc aged two be two To be at variance in two Asunder, so as to form two pieces in two twos or two ticks (slang) In a moment put two and two together see under put1 that makes two of us (informal) The same thing applies to me two by two In pairs two or three A few |
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