資料來源 : pyDict
二,兩,一對
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Twain \Twain\, a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS.
tw[=e]gen, masc. See {Two}.]
Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in
poetry and burlesque. ``Children twain.'' --Chaucer.
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with
him twain. --Matt. v. 41.
{In twain}, in halves; into two parts; asunder.
When old winder split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
{Twain cloud}. (Meteor.) Same as {Cumulo-stratus}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
twain
n : two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {pair}, {twosome},
{brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet}, {distich}, {duo}, {duet},
{dyad}, {duad}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
TWAIN
An {image capture} {API} for {Microsoft
Windows} and {Apple Macintosh} {operating systems}. The
standard was first released in 1992, and is currently ratified
at version 1.9 as of January 2000. TWAIN is typically used as
an interface between {image processing} software and a
{scanner} or {digital camera}.
The word TWAIN is from Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West"
- "...and never the twain shall meet...", reflecting the
difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal
computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN to make it more
distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym,
and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None were
selected, but the entry "Technology Without An Interesting
Name" continues to haunt the standard.
{Home (http://www.twain.org/)}.
(2000-02-25)