between是什么意思（between的用法）

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一、between是什么意思

1、between 在中间

2、前缀be-, 强调。tween, 二，词源同two.

二、between的用法

1、between

2、between: [OE] The second syllable of between is related to two and twin; the word as a whole seems to represent an original phrase meaning something like ‘by two each’. Old English betwēonum reflects a Germanic *twēon, reduced from an earlier *twikhnai; this represents the base *twīkh- (from which we get two) plus an -n suffix with apparently some sort of distributive function. The related betwixt comes ultimately from Germanic *twa ‘two’ and the element *-isk- ‘-ish’.=> twin, two

3、between (prep.)

4、Old English betweonum"between, among, by turns,"Mercian betwinum, from bi-"by"(see be-) + tweonum dative plural of *tweon"two each"(compare Gothic tweih-nai"two each"). Between a rock and a hard place is from 1940s, originally cowboy slang. Between-whiles is from 1670s.

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