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单词 every alternate
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every (also each) alternate ——
a. Modifying a singular noun, in every (also each) alternate ——.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > belonging to a series > every other/every second
every other1389
each other?c1450
every (also each) alternate ——1658
1658 J. Quarles Hist. Most Vile Dimagoras 25 The sensless rocks at each alternate groan Did seem to Sympathize, and sadly moan.
1765 J. W. Baker Exper. in Agric. 1764 11 I drove the Carrs up every alternate Ridge.
1790 Trans. Royal Soc. Edinb. 2 ii. §ii. iii. 76 Pure trochaic or iambic verses, where every alternate syllable is prosodically long, and the others are short, occur but rarely in their works.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 538 In every pier, between windows and other apertures, every alternate jamb-stone ought to go through the wall with its bed perfectly level.
1869 Mainland Guardian (New Westminster, Brit. Columbia) 25 Sept. 2/1 The Oleys or Hones appear every alternate year; they are known as the Humpback salmon.
1898 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games II. 399 (heading) They unclasp hands at the end of each alternate verse, and suit their actions to the words sung.
1968 W. Bray Everyday Life of Aztecs vii. 144 This passage is easy to achieve by means of a roller or shed-rod inserted across the warp under every alternate thread.
1999 P. Mishra Romantics (2001) i. i. 10 I had gone to eat with them—as I did each alternate day.
2008 Northern District Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 27 Aug. 26 Lauriston was the venue for Miss Irex Gorrie's ballroom dancing studio, where lessons were given and a public dance held every alternate Saturday night.
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