betwixt

英 [bɪ'twɪkst] 美 [bɪ'twɪkst]
  • prep. 在……之间；在……中间
  • adv. 在其间；不走极端
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中文词源

betwixt 在中间

between的古词。

英语词源

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.

权威例句

1. A strange sympathy betwixt soul and body!
这是灵魂和肉体之间一种奇妙的共鸣!

来自英汉文学 - 红字

2. Betwixt the stars and the unaccomplished fate.
立即紧跟着,贴在它上面,挡在/那照临的星辰和未完功的命运间.

来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学

3. It's difficult buying clothes for ten - year - olds at that age they're betwixt and between.
很难给十 岁 的孩子买衣服--这种年龄说大不大,说小又不小.

来自辞典例句

4. The meal we had at the restaurant was rather betwixt and between.
我们在那家馆子吃的那顿饭菜很一般.

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5. He is neither a dove nor a hawk, but betwixt and between.
他既不是鸽派,也不是''.'鹰派'.'', 而是中间派.

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