单词 | by turn |
释义 | > as lemmasby turn (b) by turns: one after another in regular succession (also †by turn); = in turn at Phrases 1a(c)(i); successively, periodically. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vicissatim, by tymes, by tournes. Vicissim, by tourne, nowe one, nowe an nother. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. D ii By turnes atwixe them selues thei shuld sometime erre, sometime flatter, sometimes wincke for the nones, & now & than coumfort theyr bittred tast with some hony of foolisshenesse. 1641 T. Beedome Poems sig. C7v The winged birds..Each one by turne did sing his rounde-lay. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 508. ⁋3 He is by turns outrageous, peevish, froward and jovial. 1802 E. Forster tr. Arab. Nights III. 135 They slept only by turns, in order to guard against wild beasts. 1910 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Nov. 1530/1 The Queen suffered considerable pain..and was by turns feverishly hot and shivering with cold. 1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 524/2 The Blessed Sacrament is exposed..for a period of c. forty hours, and the faithful pray before it by turns throughout this time. 2015 New Yorker 18 May 61/3 The top firms cooperate and compete by turns. < as lemmas |
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