betwixt
英 [b?'tw?kst]
美[b?'tw?kst]
- prep. 在……之間；在……中間
- adv. 在其間；不走極端
暢通詞匯
中文詞源
betwixt 在中間
between的古詞。
英文詞源
- betwixt (prep., adv.)
- Old English betweox "between, among, amidst, meanwhile," from bi- "by" (see be-) + tweox "for two," from Proto-Germanic *twa "two" + *-isk "-ish." With parasitic -t that first appeared in Old English and became general after c. 1500.
雙語例句
- 1. A strange sympathy betwixt soul and body!
- 這是靈魂和肉體之間一種奇妙的共鳴!
來自英漢文學(xué) - 紅字
- 2. Betwixt the stars and the unaccomplished fate.
- 立即緊跟著,貼在它上面,擋在/那照臨的星辰和未完功的命運(yùn)間.
來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學(xué)
- 3. It's difficult buying clothes for ten - year - olds at that age they're betwixt and between.
- 很難給十 歲 的孩子買衣服--這種年齡說大不大,說小又不小.
來自辭典例句
- 4. The meal we had at the restaurant was rather betwixt and between.
- 我們在那家館子吃的那頓飯菜很一般.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. He is neither a dove nor a hawk, but betwixt and between.
- 他既不是鴿派,也不是''.'鷹派'.'', 而是中間派.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)