Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - two
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Two
two
(twos) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Two is the number 2. NUM 2. If you say it takes two or it takes two to tango, you mean that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it. Divorce is never the fault of one partner; it takes two... It takes two to tango and so far our relationship has been one-sided. PHRASE 3. If you put two and two together, you work out the truth about something for yourself, by using the information that is available to you. Putting two and two together, I assume that this was the car he used. PHRASE: V inflects 4. to kill two birds with one stone: see bird two a penny: see penny
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, ~, from Old English twa (feminine & neuter); akin to Old English twegen ~ (masculine), tu (neuter), Old High German zwene, Latin duo, Greek dyo Date: before 12th century 1. being one more than one in number 2. being the second — used postpositively section ~ of the instructions II. pronoun, plural in construction Date: before 12th century 1. ~ countable individuals not specified only ~ were found 2. a small approximate number of indicated things only a shot or ~ were fired III. noun (plural ~s) Date: 13th century 1. — see number table 2. the second in a set or series the ~ of spades 3. a 2-dollar bill 4. something having ~ units or members ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol for this (2, ii, II). 3 a size etc. denoted by two. 4 the time of two o'clock (is it two yet?). 5 a set of two. 6 a card with two pips. --adj. that amount to two. Phrases and idioms in two in or into two pieces. in two shakes (or ticks) see SHAKE, TICK(1). or two denoting several (a thing or two = several things). put two and two together make (esp. an obvious) inference from what is known or evident. that makes two of us colloq. that is true of me also. two-bit US colloq. cheap, petty. two-by-four a length of timber with a rectangular cross-section 2 in. by 4 in. two by two (or two and two) in pairs. two can play at that game colloq. another person's behaviour can be copied to that person's disadvantage. two-dimensional 1 having or appearing to have length and breadth but no depth. 2 lacking depth or substance; superficial. two-edged double-edged. two-faced 1 having two faces. 2 insincere; deceitful. two-handed 1 having, using, or requiring the use of two hands. 2 (of a card-game) for two players. two a penny see PENNY. two-piece adj. (of a suit etc.) consisting of two matching items. --n. a two-piece suit etc. two-ply adj. of two strands, webs, or thicknesses. --n. 1 two-ply wool. 2 two-ply wood made by gluing together two layers with the grain in different directions. two-seater 1 a vehicle or aircraft with two seats. 2 a sofa etc. for two people. two-sided 1 having two sides. 2 having two aspects; controversial. two-step a round dance with a sliding step in march or polka time. two-stroke esp. Brit. (of an internal-combustion engine) having its power cycle completed in one up-and-down movement of the piston. two-time colloq. 1 deceive or be unfaithful to (esp. a partner or lover). 2 swindle, double-cross. two-timer colloq. a person who is deceitful or unfaithful. two-tone having two colours or sounds. two-up Austral. & NZ a gambling game with bets placed on a showing of two heads or two tails. two-way 1 involving two ways or...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) два 2) две 3) двое 4) двойка angle between two curves — криволинейный угол Cauchy product of two series — свертка рядов chain modulo two — цепь по модулю два convolution of two functions — свертка двух функций difference of two squares — разность квадратов двух чисел distance between two parallel lines — расстояние между двумя параллельными прямыми distance between two parallel planes — расстояние между двумя параллельными плоскостями distance between two points — расстояние между двумя точками each element is assigned two indices — каждому элементу ставятся в соответствие два индекса equation in two unknowns — уравнение с двумя неизвестными experiment of two factors — двухфакторный эксперимент field of class two — поле второго класса, метабелево поле figure having two angles — двуугольник five less three is two — пять минус три равно двум function of two variables — двуместная функция hyperboloid of two sheets — двуполостный гиперболоид, гиперболоид двухполостный nine stroke two — девять дробь два resultant of two functions — свертка двух функций rise between two points — подъем (кривой) между двумя точками space with two topologies — пространство с двумя топологиями sphere with two handles — сфера с двумя ручками the two noncharacteristic problem — проблема двух нехарактеристик theory in two dimensions — двумерная теория time-sharing two frequency laser — лазер с попеременной...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. двойка, цифра 2 (также the figure of two) double two —- две двойки 2. два предмета или человека; пара by two, in twos, two and two —- по два; по две; по двое; попарно 3. двойка (в различных играх) two of hearts —- двойка червей twos and threes —- двойки и тройки (детская игра типа третьего лишнего) 4. второй размер to wear a two —- носить второй размер 5. два года (о возрасте) he is two —- ему два года 6. два часа he will come at two —- он придет в два 7. двухдолларовая банкнота или бумажка 8. два доллара, шиллинга, рубля; две марки, кроны two and sixpence —- два шиллинга шесть пенсов Id: in two —- надвое; врозь, отдельно Id: to cut in two —- разрубить пополам Id: in two twos —- немедленно, в два счета Id: to have had one or two —- быть навеселе, быть под хмельком (на взводе) Id: that makes two of us —- в этом деле он не одинок или вы в этом не одиноки; это и мой случай Id: it is a game at which two can play, two can play at that game —- посмотрим, чья возьмет (кто из нас одержит верх) Id: two in distress makes sorrow less —- посл. разделенное горе - половина горя 9. (число) два two o'clock —- два часа (время дня) two hours —- два часа (продолжительность) 10. (номер) два; (номер) второй chapter two —- вторая глава Room two —- комната (номер) два 11. приблизительно два fire a shot or two —- сделай парочку выстрелов Id: to put two and two together —-...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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at a birth двойня TWO bits amer. монета в 25 центов TWO 1. num. card. два 2. noun 1) двойка 2) pl. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара; two and two, by twos, two by two - по двое, попарно; in twos and threes - небольшими группами; two of a trade - два конкурента in two - а) надвое, пополам; б) врозь, отдельно in two twos coll. - немедленно, в два счета to put two and two together - сообразить что к чему two can play at that game - посмотрим еще, чья возьмет ...Англо-русский словарь
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See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH, CUT BOTH WAYS or CUT TWO WAYS, HAVE TWO STRIKES AGAINST ONE, IN TWO, KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT, PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER, STAND ON ONE'S OWN FEET or STAND ON ONE'S OWN TWO FEET, TELL A THING OR TWO, THING OR TWO. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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- O.E. twa, fem. and neut. form of twegen "two," from P.Gmc. *twai, from PIE *duwo (cf. Goth. twai, L. duo, O.Welsh dou, Lith. dvi, O.C.S. dva). Twofold is O.E. tweofeald. Twofer is first recorded 1911, from two for (a dollar, etc.). Slang two bits for "quarter" is 1730, from the Mexican real, a large coin that was divided into eight bits (cf. piece of eight); hence two-bit (adj.) "cheap, tawdry," first recorded 1929. Two-time "to deceive, cheat, betray" is from 1924, perhaps from notion of "two at a time." Two-faced first recorded 1619. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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