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单词 every other
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every other
every other pron. Obsolete used as a reciprocal pronoun (as object): = each other pron. at each adj. and pron. Compounds.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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