between 音標拼音: [bɪtw'in] [bitw'in]
prep .
ad . 在之間,從…到…,介于…
在之間,從…到…,介於…
between 故障間平均時間
between 間隔
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 .
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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 .
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2 .
Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another ;
from one to another of two .
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If things should go so between them . --
Bacon .
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3 .
Belonging in common to two ;
shared by both .
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Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them .
--
Locke .
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4 .
Belonging to ,
or participated in by ,
two ,
and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation ;
as ,
opposition between science and religion .
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An intestine struggle ,
open or secret ,
between authority and liberty . --
Hume .
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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 .
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6 .
In intermediate relation to ,
in respect to time ,
quantity ,
or degree ;
as ,
between nine and ten o '
clock .
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{
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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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