单词 | to be between |
释义 | > as lemmasto be (also come, stand) between 17. figurative. to be (also come, stand) between a person and any object desired, or anything threatening him; between combatants, etc. Π c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 657 Now is þer noȝt in þe worlde rounde Bytwene vus & blysse. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 549 To go betweene, or to be betweene..to make intercession, to lette, to prohibite. 1774 T. Blacklock Graham i. xxiv With pallid cheek, and trembling frame, Between the combatants she came. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. iii. 103 A sinful wretch implores That thou would'st stand between him and the wrath Of an offended God. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 55 How could Doris come between us two? < as lemmas |
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