| 单词 | alternating |
| 释义 | alternating (once / 2245 pages) 1adj 2adj Alternating is a fancy word for the concept of taking turns. When you have alternating serves in a ping pong match, it means you go and then your friend goes and then it's you again. Anything that alternates can be described as alternating. An easy way to remember the meaning of alternating to think of the alter inside it: to alter means "to change," so if something is alternating, it is always changing. The seasons of the year are alternating, and so are the outfits in your closet. WORD FAMILYalternate: alternated, alternately, alternates, alternating, alternatingly, alternation, alternative+/alternation: alternations/alternative: alternatively, alternatives USAGE EXAMPLESThe next follows in June, with seven cases then alternating between Strother and Johnson each month. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The next one follows in June, with seven cases then alternating between Strother and Johnson each month. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) As the camera work emphasizes through alternating crisp focus and strategic blur, Michelle’s sphere of attention is indeed delimited differently than most people’s. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) 1 adj occurring by turns; first one and then the other 2Syn alternate cyclic, cyclical recurring in cycles adj (of a current) reversing direction alternating current Ant direct (of a current) flowing in one direction only |
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