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

• 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。
• And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
  32：16每样各分一群，交在仆人手下，就对仆人说，你们要在我前头过去，使群群相离，有空闲的地方。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And, in betwixt the languid ringlets, blown; A life-breath, till the forehead hopefully.
  又在我披垂的鬓发间吹入了一股；生气，好让我的前额又亮光光地。
• 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。
• I liked the soup and the dessert and all that came betwixt and between.
  我喜欢（开头喝的）汤和（最后送上来的）甜菜食以及席间所上的各种菜肴。
• 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。