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twain

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n.两,双,二,一对

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twain为短语/超纲词汇

twain


number old use
[Language: Old English;Origin: twegen]
two
never the twain shall meet
used to say that two things are so different that they can never exist together
1. Some day I am going to read Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw and Dickens and Mark Twain — all in the original!
    总有一天,我会去读莎士比亚、肖伯纳、狄更斯和马克·吐温的原著!

2. I can live for two months on a good compliment. (Mark Twain , American writer)
    只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。(美国作家 马克・吐温)

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