twice是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 两次， 两倍，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Twice over they came upon the traces of squatters going toward the north, and their different footprints became confused, and Glenarvan's horse no longer left on the dust the Blackpoint mark, recognizable by its double shamrock.
-- The hind legs of the animal are twice as long as the front ones, and unbend like a spring.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Because the ash had twice dropped from his cigar.'
-- The pen has splut-tered twice in a single word, and has run dry three times in a short address, showing that there was very little ink in the bottle.
-- You may have ob-served that I twice strolled over to the window while Dr. Mortimer was reading his legend.'
-- I've heard it once or twice before, but never quite so loud.'
-- They were walking slowly along in deep conversation, and I saw her making quick little movements of her hands as if she were very earnest in what she was saying, while he listened in-tently, and once or twice shook his head in strong dissent.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But the once bitten Totski was twice shy, and looked for hidden snakes among the flowers.
-- and Ga-nia stamped his foot twice on the pavement.
-- Of course your anger is excus-able, considering the treatment you have just experienced; but I must remind you that you have twice abused me rather rudely.
-- 'It's far better to think twice of it now than afterwards.
-- The general, however, had had an opportunity of seeing him once or twice since the eventful evening, and had spoken very seriously with him; but though he had seen the prince, as I say, he told his fam- ily nothing about the circumstance.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Once or twice a curious listener might have heard him at the coals, and for the space of five minutes he was audible pacing the room.
-- His temper continued very uncertain; for the most part his manner was that of a man suffering under almost unendurable provocation, and once or twice things were snapped, torn, crushed, or broken in spasmodic gusts of violence.
-- Now and then he would stride violently up and down, and twice came an outburst of curses, a tearing of paper, and a violent smashing of bottles.
-- Once or twice accidental collisions occurred and I left people amazed, with unaccountable curses ringing in their ears.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Once or twice as I stood waiting there for things to accomplish themselves, I could not resist an impulse to laugh at my miserable quandary.
-- Twice we heard unseen creatures howling and shrieking past our little band, and once the little pink sloth-creature appeared and stared at us, and vanished again.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He had fallen twice into a wolf trap in his youth, and once he had been beaten and left for dead; so he knew the manners and customs of men.
-- Mother Wolf told him once or twice that Shere Khan was not a creature to be trusted, and that some day he must kill Shere Khan.
-- Bagheera, who had eyes and ears everywhere, knew something of this, and once or twice he told Mowgli in so many words that Shere Khan would kill him some day.
-- But I caught Tabaqui by the tail and swung him twice against a palm-tree to teach him better manners.'
-- Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack As the dawn was breaking the Sambhur belled Once, twice and again!
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Once or twice he was compelled to speak, to command her attention of those he served.
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