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单词 atween
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atweenprep.adv.

/əˈtwiːn/
Forms: Middle English atwen(e, -eene, Middle English–1500s attwen(e, 1600s– atween; aphetic 'tween prep.
Etymology: < a prep.1+ -twene, -tween, stem of between prep., adv., and n., on analogy of afore before, among bimong, and other twin forms already in Old English Atween is the usual form in northern dialect, but only a poetic archaism in the literary language.
archaic and dialect.
A. prep.
Between.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > between [preposition]
betwixt931
amidc1175
betweenc1200
itwixa1340
atwixtc1374
atweenc1400
to-tweenc1440
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > marking comparison [preposition]
withc888
toc1000
againsta1225
atweenc1400
toward1527
towards?1555
vis-à-vis1755
the world > relative properties > relationship > correlation > [preposition] > between, at, or among
amongOE
atc1305
amongsta1350
atween1579
c1400 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 27 A-twene theis tweyn a gret comparison.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) i. 442 Atwen myn armys now shall I the embrace.
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Cv Assured peace attwene them.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. ii A season atween June and May.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Oriana Thou comest atween me and the skies.
B. adv.
In between, between whiles. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [adverb] > in the interval or at intervals
betweena1240
amongc1275
betwixta1400
amella1425
betwixt-handsc1568
atween1595
by interims1598
betwixt-times1607
between-whiles1677
between handsc1817
between-times1907
1595 E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home Againe sig. A4 A bonie swaine, That Cuddy hight, him thus atweene bespake.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. G4v From her faire eyes wiping the deawy wet..And kissing them atweene . View more context for this quotation
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