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別の表記

• two-fold

語源

From 中期英語 twofold, from 古期英語 twēofeald. Equivalent to two +‎ -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtuːfəʊld/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈtufoʊld/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈtʉːfəʉld/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈtʉːfɐʉld/

形容詞

twofold (not comparable)

1. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.

   The wheat produced a twofold harvest.

2. Having two parts, especially two different parts.

   a twofold nature;  a twofold sense;  a twofold argument

   • 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65.

     Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]

   • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 7, page 107:

     It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.

   • 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy‎:

     "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."

同意語

• (double): double, duplicate; see also Thesaurus:twofold
• (having two parts): twin; see also Thesaurus:dual

派生語

• twofoldness

副詞

twofold (not comparable)

1. In a double degree; doubly.

同意語

• double; see also Thesaurus:twice

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “twofold”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “twofold”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

別の表記

• to fold, to folde, two-fold, two fold, twofolde, two-folde, twovold
• (early) twafald, twavalt

語源

A remodelling of twifold after two +‎ -fold.

発音

• IPA: /ˈtwɔːfɔːld/, /ˈtwoːfɔːld/

形容詞

twofold

1. double, twofold (having two parts)
2. double, twofold (two times)
3. (rare) uncertain, wavering

派生した語

• English: twofold

副詞

twofold

1. In a twofold way; twice.

派生した語

• English: twofold

参照

• “twōfōld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.