| 释义 |
dvan·dva
\ˈdvän(ˌ)dvä, dəˈv-, -vəndvə\ noun
(plural dvandvas or dvandva)
Etymology: Sanskrit dvaṁdva, literally, a pair, couple, reduplication of dva two — more at two
: a class of compound words having two immediate constituents that are equal in rank and related to each other as if joined by and : a compound word belonging to this class (as bittersweet, secretary-treasurer, sociopolitical) — see copulative II 2 |