单词 | Arcades ambo |
释义 | ‖ Arcades ambo|ˈɑːkədiːz ˈæmbəʊ| [L. phr. (Virgil Ecl. vii. 4), lit. ‘both Arcadians’, i.e. both pastoral poets or musicians.] Two persons of the same tastes, profession, or character (often derogatory).
1821Byron Juan iv. xciii. p. 117 Each pull'd different ways with many an oath, ‘Arcades ambo’, id est—black-guards both. 1882T. Mozley Remin. lxxxiii. II. 92 [Denison and Neate] were Arcades ambo. They could talk and chaff about anything... They were both good scholars, rather above the Oxford run. 1888Rider Haggard Colonel Quaritch xvii, ‘Well, I'm a lawyer too, and a pretty sharp one—arcades ambo,’ said Johnnie with a coarse laugh. |

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