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betwixt

UK //bɪˈtwɪkst//US //bɪˈtwɪkst//

词源

源自古英语 'betweox',由 'be-'(在)和 'tweox'(两者之间)组成,与 'between' 同源。

adverb

❶ 表示处于中间状态或位置,同样带有古老或诗意的色彩。

“He was neither here nor there, but somewhere betwixt.”

(他不在这里也不在那里,而是在中间的某个地方。)

“The solution is betwixt and between.”

(解决方案介于两者之间。)

同义词:in between, midway, intermediately

常见短语

betwixt and between — 表示处于两者之间的状态,既不完全属于一方也不完全属于另一方。

“His opinion was betwixt and between the two extremes.”

(他的观点介于两个极端之间。)