betwixt

英 [bɪˈtwɪkst]

美 [bɪˈtwɪkst]

adv./prep.  在…之间(或中间)

BNC.36026 / COCA.32687

习惯用语

prep.

betwixt and between
• 居中；非此非彼
  in a middle position; neither one thing nor the other

牛津词典

adv.

prep.

• 在…之间（或中间）
  between

英英释义

adv

• in the interval
  1. dancing all the dances with little rest between
  Synonym:between

双语例句

• My beloved is unto me [ as] a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.
  我以我的良人为一袋没药、常在我怀中。
• Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so betwixt them both, you see, They licked the platter clean.
  杰克·斯布拉特不吃肥肉，他的夫人不吃瘦肉。所以，你知道，他们一起吃饭的时候，盘子被舔得干干净净。
• The good-looking buxom woman, betwixt forty and fifty, was now a fat, red-faced, old dam of seventy, or thereabouts.
  她原是个好看的丰满的妇女，四十来岁；现在却是个七十上下年纪，肥胖的，红脸的老太婆了。
• It appeared in countenance to be some devilish cross betwixt an ordinary pig, and some sort of bull-like creature.
  它的面容慢慢变的有些象恶魔，面相中间的样子有些偏象与猪和牛。又或者是像其他的什么动物。
• We have often times the honour to entertain your gentlemen in their travelling backwards and forwards betwixt London and Paris, sir.
  贵行人员在伦敦和巴黎之间公干时我们常有幸接待，先生。
• The old minister seated himself in an arm-chair and made an effort to draw Pearl betwixt his knees.
  老牧师在一张安乐椅中就坐之后，想把珠儿拉到他的膝间。
• He found it difficult to choose betwixt and between two great opportunities.
  他发现很难在两个良机中作出选择。
• She answered his letter in such wise that she seemed more of less betwixt and between.
  她给他的复信写的多少似乎带有摸棱两可的笔调。
• It was better to stand thus, with so many betwixt him and her, than to greet him, face to face, they two alone.
  她这样站着，在她和他之间隔着这么多入，总比只有他们俩面面相溯要好受一些。
• The difference betwixt these consists in the degrees of force and liveliness, with which they strike upon the mind, and make their way into our thought or consciousness.
  二者的区别在于：它们撞击我们的心灵，进入我们的思想或意识时，它们的强烈程度和活力程度不同。