Twain

(a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque.

手打:威特

• At last, men felt, the ranks of diplomacy were broken, the veils of Great Power policy were rent in twain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I tried it on a Moslem, and clove him in twain like a doughnut. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The night--its silence--its rest, was rent in twain by a savage, a sharp, a shrilly sound that ran from end to end of Thornfield Hall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• While the twain are faithful to their post, Mr. George strides through the streets with a massive kind of swagger and a grave-enough face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• The world of Islam was rent in twain by the spites, greeds, and partisan silliness of a handful of men and women in Medina. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That last part of thy speech, Dennet, said the Minstrel, has saved thee a rib or twain. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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