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

• When we last spake together, said Hester, now seven years ago, it was your pleasure to extort a promise of secrecy, as touching the former relation betwixt yourself and me.
  我们上次在一起交谈的时候，海丝特说，是在七年以前，当时你迫使我答应为你我之间原先的关系保密。
• The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mould* The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbour causes a war betwixt princes.
  皇帝和鞋匠的灵魂都是一个模子铸就，邻里纠纷的起因也和王子们相互征讨的缘由别无二致。
• I am forever walking upon these shores betwixt the sand and the foam.
  我走在这海岸上，在沙与沫之间。
• In the velvet cavity betwixt her thighs.
  在她股间光滑的洞穴中。
• And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
  你们都要割去身上的包皮，这就是我与你们立约的记号了。
• 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。
• To conform to the laws of a particular plane is a practical necessity, and at this time the flying saucer craft simply cannot afford to stay betwixt and between for any indefinite period.
  遵循特殊层面的法则是实际的需要，这时，飞碟根本不能承受任何不确定期间的模棱两可的和介于两者之间的停留。
• 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。
• I go to remove the amulet from betwixt my cheeks.
  我要去把护身符挪出我的臀部了。
• 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。