英語單詞

betwixt是什麽意思

betwixt

英 [bɪ'twɪkst] 美 [bɪ'twɪkst]
  • prep. 在……之間;在……中間
  • adv. 在其間;不走極端

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 - 紅字

2. Betwixt the stars and the unaccomplished fate.
立即緊跟著,貼在它上麵,擋在/那照臨的星辰和未完功的命運間.

來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學

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.

來自互聯網

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.

來自互聯網

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