two-tongued
形容词 adj.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
- Having two tongues; double-tongued.
- Deceitful; lying; two-faced.
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Possessing the ability to speak two languages; synonym of bilingual.
— Thomas had used "the bilingual sea" in "Quite Early One Morning" (1945), so that "two-tongued" was a product of a natural piece of wordplay.
词源
From Middle English two-tounged, two tungyd, equivalent to two + tongued. Compare twi-tongued.
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