in twain
固定短语,意为'成两半',常用于文学或正式语境。
The river split the valley in twain.
河流把山谷分成两半。
两;一对;一双
twains — plural of twain
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两;一对;一双
a pair; two items of the same kind
The river split the valley in twain.
河流把山谷分成两半。
一对,情侣
Pair, couple.
At the reunion, the twain, old classmates, promised to meet again next year.
聚会上,那两个人——老同学——承诺明年再见面。
For the ceremony, she placed a twain of white candles on the table.
为了仪式,她在桌上放了一对白蜡烛。
The old photograph shows the twain, both in raincoats, standing by the river.
这张老照片显示那两个人穿着雨衣,站在河边。
固定短语,意为'成两半',常用于文学或正式语境。
The river split the valley in twain.
河流把山谷分成两半。
the twain 特指前文提到的两个事物或人,常见于文学引语。
East and West, the twain shall never meet.
东方和西方,这两者永不相遇。
该用法非常古老,现代英语中常用 couple 或 pair。
They were a happy twain.
他们是幸福的一对。
Not this
I have twain cats.
Use this
I have two cats.
“twain” 是名词,意为“一对”或“两个同类事物”,不能直接作定语修饰名词。表示数量“两个”时,应用数词“two”。
Not this
They are twain sisters.
Use this
They are twin sisters.
“twin” 表示“双胞胎之一”或“成双的”,而“twain”仅指数量“二”,不包含“双胞胎”含义。描述双胞胎姐妹时应使用“twin”。
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两者;二人
Never the twain shall meet.
两者永远不会相遇。
成两半;一分为二
The boat was split in twain by the massive wave.
小船被巨浪劈成两半。
劈成两半
The warrior's axe cleft the enemy's helmet in twain.
武士的斧头将敌人的头盔劈成两半。
两者永不相交;两者截然不同,无法调和
He is a strict businessman and she is a free-spirited artist — never the twain shall meet.
他是一位严谨的商人,而她是一位无拘无束的艺术家——两者永远无法相合。
成两半;一分为二
The ancient bridge was split in twain by the flood.
那座古桥被洪水劈成了两半。
东方是东方,西方是西方,二者永不相会。
The idiom 'never the twain shall meet' describes two things that can never be reconciled.
习语“never the twain shall meet”描述两种永远无法调和的事物。
他们二人要成为一体。
The two dancers moved as twain, perfectly in sync.
这两位舞者像一对一样舞动,完美同步。
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联想:twain 像 two 加 one,两人合成一对,记住“一对、情侣”。
语域:formal 常见场景:literary works、poetry、historical fiction 该词表示“一对;成对的人或物”,是古旧、偏文学的用语,现代英语中很少出现,多用于诗歌、仿古或历史题材文本里,日常交流中基本不用。
古语,常用于短语 in twain
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