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between 音标拼音: [bɪtw'in] [bitw'in] prep.
ad. 在之间,从…到…,介于… 在之间,从…到…,介於… between故障间平均时间 between间隔 between adv 1: in the interval; " dancing all the dances with little rest between" [ synonym: { between}, { betwixt}] 2: in between; " two houses with a tree between" [ synonym: { between}, {' tween}] Between \ Be* tween"\, n. Intermediate time or space; interval. [ Poetic & R.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Between \ Be* tween"\, prep. [ OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betwe[' o] nan, betwe[' o] num; prefix be- by a form fr. AS. tw[= a] two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See { Twain}, and cf. { Atween}, { Betwixt}.] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. [ 1913 Webster] If things should go so between them. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. [ 1913 Webster] Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. [ 1913 Webster] An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. -- Hume. [ 1913 Webster] 5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations. [ 1913 Webster] 6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o' clock. [ 1913 Webster] { Between decks}, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel. { Between ourselves}, { Between you and me}, { Between themselves}, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: { Between}, { Among}. Usage: Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation. I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship' s crew. [ 1913 Webster] |
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