| 单词 | tweedledum and tweedledee |
| 释义 | Tweedledum and Tweedledee in British English (ˌtwiːdəlˈdʌm, ˌtwiːdəlˈdiː) noun any two persons or things that differ only slightly from each other; two of a kind Word origin C19: from the proverbial names of Handel and the musician Buononcini, who were supported by rival factions though it was thoughtby some that there was nothing to choose between them. The names were popularizedby Lewis Carroll's use of them in Through the Looking Glass (1872)tweedledum and tweedledee in American English (ˌtwidəlˈdʌm ən ˌtwidəlˈdi) 1. two persons or things so much alike as to be almost indistinguishable 2. [T- and T-] two almost identical brothers in Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll Word origin < tweedle + dum & dee, echoic of musical notes: first used of two 18th-c. rival composersExamples of 'Tweedledum and Tweedledee' in a sentence |
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