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。
• 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。
• Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
  我们中间没有听讼的人，可以向我们两造按手。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 meal we had at the restaurant was rather betwixt and between.
  我们在那家馆子吃的那顿饭菜很一般。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。