between: [OE] The second syllable of between is related to two and twin; the word as a whole seems to represent an original phrase meaning something like ‘by two each’. Old English betwēonum reflects a Germanic *twēon, reduced from an earlier *twikhnai; this represents the base *twīkh- (from which we get two) plus an -n suffix with apparently some sort of distributive function. The related betwixt comes ultimately from Germanic *twa ‘two’ and the element *-isk- ‘-ish’. => twin, two
between (prep.)
Old English betweonum "between, among, by turns," Mercian betwinum, from bi- "by" (see be-) + tweonum dative plural of *tweon "two each" (compare Gothic tweih-nai "two each"). Between a rock and a hard place is from 1940s, originally cowboy slang. Between-whiles is from 1670s.
雙語例句
1. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
你是什麽樣的人和你想成為什麽樣的之間的差距就是，你做了什麽。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
2. What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?
若IBM公司和蘋果公司聯手將會有什麽效果呢？
來自柯林斯例句
3. The ideological divisions between the parties aren't always obvious.
政黨之間的意識形態界線並不總是涇渭分明的。
來自柯林斯例句
4. There has always been a difference between community radio and commercial radio.
社區廣播電台和商業廣播電台一直是有區別的。
來自柯林斯例句
5. I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates.