| 释义 |
a-two, advb. phr. arch. and dial.|əˈtuː|
Forms: 1 on tú, on twá, 3–4 atuo, 4–5 atwoo, 4–6 a to, ato, 5 o-two, 6 atoo, 3– atwo, a-two.
[OE. on tú, on twá, in two: see a prep.1 and two numeral a. While a-twain is only a literary archaism, a-two is also in modern dialects; the regular prose form is in two.]
1. In or into two parts; a-twain. arch.
c885K. ælfred Oros. i. x. §3 Híe heora here on tú [v.r. on twá] todǽldon. 1297R. Glouc. 375 Rychard..brec þer hys necke atuo. c1420Chron. Vilod. 862 Alle þe gables of the shippe þey broston a to. 1605Camden Rem. (1637) 291 A mouse in time may bite atwo a cable. 1876Morris Sigurd i. 49 Sawed Sigmund..till the stone was cleft atwo.
†2. Away from each other, apart, asunder. Obs.
c1270Assumpcion 263 Sithen we ben parted atwo. c1425Seven Sages (P.) 3053 Thay token leve and wente o-two. c1450Lonelich Grail xv. 604 Kysseth me er that we now departen atwo. |