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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• In the velvet cavity betwixt her thighs.
  在她股间光滑的洞穴中。
• 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。
• 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。
• We can't decide whether to go to France or Austria for our holiday this year. we're still a bit betwixt and between.
  我们决定不下今年度假去法国还是奥地利，仍有点犹豫不定。