twain

[tweɪn] [tweɪn]
相关单词 atwain
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词组
  • never the twain shall meet
    used to suggest that two things are too different to exist alongside each other 两者永远合不到一块
英汉词典释义
  • n.
    <古><诗>二;一对
    East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet. 东是东,西是西,故而两者永远不相遇。
    (二者)水火不相容,永远不可能合到一起
    People in the area where I grew up were either landowners or farmers, and never the twain shall meet. 在我长大的那个地方,人们要不就是地主要不就是农民,两种人根本合不到一块儿去。
  • adj.
    <古>二的;一对的
英英词典释义
  • Noun
    1. two items of the same kind