in twos and threes

释义

1. 三三两两；稀稀拉拉

   two or three at a time; in small numbers

   People arrived in twos and threes.人们三三两两地到了。

电影里这样说 · 353 部

• Avoid strangers. Walk in twos and threes.Scream1996
• One, and two, and three, and four. . .Black Swan2010
• Two! No, three!The Peanuts Movie2015
• Part one, two or three?Lord of War2005
• For a year or two. Or three.Oppenheimer2023
• Two Mark. Three Mark.Top Gun: Maverick2022
• - Two! Two! - Three!Shrek2001
• - Ready. One, two, three. - Two, three.Requiem for a Dream2000

在完整场景里学

• 奥本海默2023
  • 大师劝他离开剑桥：leaves a little to be desired（还稍欠火候）
  • 请他执掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫属）
  • 火车上结识拉比：seek out（主动去寻找）

同一词条的短语

• a day, moment, pound, or two
• fall between two stools
• in two
• it takes two to do
• not have two beans, brain cells, to rub together
• put two and two together
• that makes two of us
• two sides of the same coin
• be in two minds about doing
• in two shakes