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单词 arcades ambo
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Arcades ambon.

/ˈɑːkədiːz ˈambəʊ/
Etymology: Latin phrase (Virgil Ecl. vii. 4), lit. ‘both Arcadians’, i.e. both pastoral poets or musicians.
Two persons of the same tastes, profession, or character (often derogatory).
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1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV xciii. 117 Each pull'd different ways with many an oath, ‘Arcades ambo’, id est—blackguards both.
1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel II. lxxxiii. 92 [Denison and Neate] were Arcades ambo. They could talk and chaff about anything... They were both good scholars, rather above the Oxford run.
1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xvii ‘Well, I'm a lawyer too, and a pretty sharp one—arcades ambo,’ said Johnnie with a coarse laugh.
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