twain
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
数词 num.
英文释义
名词 n.
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Pair, couple.
— The susceptible twain, on the search for adventure, dropped in.
动词 v.
- To part in twain; divide; sunder.
形容词 adj.
- twofold
数词 num.
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two
— But the warm twilight round us twain will never rise again.
词源
词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der.
Proto-Germanic *twai
Proto-West Germanic *twai-der.
Old English twēġen
Middle English tweyne
English twain
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English tweyne, tweien, twaine, from Old English twēġen m (“two”), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Saterland Frisian twäin, Low German twene, German zween. More at two.
The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of two, then especially in the cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV, the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it is commonly used as a rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not to or too is meant.
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁der.
Proto-Germanic *twai
Proto-West Germanic *twai-der.
Old English twēġen
Middle English tweyne
English twain
PIE word
*dwóh₁
From Middle English tweyne, tweien, twaine, from Old English twēġen m (“two”), from Proto-West Germanic *twai-, from Proto-Germanic *twai, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Cognate with Saterland Frisian twäin, Low German twene, German zween. More at two.
The word outlasted the breakdown of gender in Middle English and survived as a secondary form of two, then especially in the cases where the numeral follows a noun. Its continuation into modern times was aided by its use in KJV, the Marriage Service, in poetry (where it is commonly used as a rhyme word), and in oral use where it is necessary to be clear that two and not to or too is meant.
词源 2
From Middle English twaynen, from twayne (“two”, numeral) (see Etymology 1 above).
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