| 释义 |
atwixt, prep. arch. or dial.|əˈtwɪkst|
Forms: 4–5 atwyxen, -ixen, -ix(e, 5 -yxyn, -exyn, athwyx, 4– atwixt; aphetic 'twixt.
[f. a- prefix 2 + -twix(t, stem of betwixt; cf. atween. For the variations, see betwixt.]
Between.
c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 472 Atwixt noone and prime. c1440Promp. Parv. 17 A-twyxyn, atwexyn, atwyxt, Inter. 1464Edw. IV in Paston Lett. 493 II. 166 Maters..in debate athwyx the seid John Paston and William Yelverton. 1475Bk. Noblesse 25 Trewes..atwixen Charles the vijth..and your predecessour Harry the sext. 1566Gascoigne Jocasta (1587) 104 Then I atwixt them both wil throw my selfe. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 383 The yellow sand They kissed atwixt the sea and land. |