in-between

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An interval or intervening time.
  2. One who intervenes.
  3. Synonym of inbetweener (“a person who or thing that falls between different groups or characteristics”).
    — “They don’t belong anywhere. Colored folks won’t have ‘em because they’re half white; white folks won’t have ’em cause they’re colored, so they’re just inbetweens, don’t belong anywhere.[…]”
形容词 adj.
  1. Lying between; neither one thing nor the other; intermediary.

词形变化

in-betweens plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English between
English in-between
From in- + between.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English in-
English between
English in-between
From in- + between.
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