单词 | every other |
释义 | > as lemmasevery other ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [adjective] every other1389 alternatea1535 alternative1540 alternal1576 altern1636 the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [noun] > mutuality or reciprocity > each other eithereOE each otherOE ilk otherc1275 togetherc1330 one another1340 every other1389 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 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 48 Euerich brother & suster, in tokenynge of loue, charite, & pes, atte resceyuynge schule kusse eueri other. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xiii. xxvi. 680 Fisshe is dyuerse in etynge. For somme eteþ eueryche oþer... And þe lesse is þe mores mete. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 20536 (MED) An hundryd thousand men assaylle Euerych other in bataylle. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) v. xiv. f. cvv And after saiden graces wonder ioyfully takyng eueriche other by the hand. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia v. sig. Kv They ranne at euer-each other hand and foote. every (also †each) other —— c. every (also †each) other ——: every second ——, every alternate ——. Frequently with a noun denoting a period of time, as every other day, etc. †every other while: at alternate periods; every now and then (obsolete). ΚΠ a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1166 Euery oþer day I faste. a1475 Bk. Hawking in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 296 Loke that thy hawke tire every other day while she is fleyng, for nothyng..woll clense a hawkes hedde as tyryng. 1517 R. Torkington Oldest Diarie Englysshe Trav. (1884) 20 Every yer or every other yer ys Chosyn a Duke. 1545 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Luke in Paraphr. New Test. (1548) iv. f. 98 An extreme tyrannous deiuill..dooeth euery other while soodainly take hym. 1588 R. Greene Perimedes sig. Diii Spending euery other day in such sporte. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 397 Euery other day clense both the woundes and rowels. a1688 J. Wallace Descr. Orkney (1693) 94 Umboth, the great Tiend of either half of the Parish: so called because every other year it was changed with the Minister for his half: for the word Umboth signifieth time about. 1713 J. Swift Let. 25 Jan. (1766) I. lxxxiii. 147 We now resolve to..have a committee every other week. 1777 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. 266 He made his Horse Dance in & out of every other Tree, Hay Fashion. 1811 J. Austen Sense & Sensibility II. i. 11 Though they met at least every other evening..they could not be supposed to meet for the sake of conversation. View more context for this quotation 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast iii. 18 They divide the time between them, being on and off duty,..every other four hours. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) Introd. 13 Every other year there was a revolution. 1946 Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. & Med. 63 189/2 210 mice were sensitized..by 4 consecutive intraperitoneal injections of 1 ml each of undiluted horse serum every other day. 1981 G. Boycott In Fast Lane viii. 42 Reading Joseph was like missing out every other page..one right, miss one; one right, miss one. < as lemmas |
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