in twain

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介词短语
  1. In two, in halves, into two parts, asunder archaic
    — When the masked stranger hew with his axe, the baker's head did split in twain and his body fell like a lump to the ground in turn.

词源

From Middle English in tweyn, in twen, in tweyne (also as on tweyne). Compare Old English on twēġen (“in two”).
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