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单词 each
释义 each
I. \(|)ēch\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English ech, from Old English ǣlc; akin to Old High German iogilīh each; both from a prehistoric West Germanic compound whose first and second constituents respectively are represented by Old English ā always and by Old English gelīc alike — more at aye, like
: being one of two or more distinct individuals having a similar relation and often constituting an aggregate : this as well as that or the next or any other of two or more separate but similar individuals
 < a boat … hung from the ceiling by ropes attached at each end — J.G.Frazer >
 < the little chipmunk … with a piñon nut in each cheek pouch — Nature Magazine >
 < each day was like every other one — H.D.Skidmore >
 < each year the Cape has a summer inundation of people — R.W.Hatch >
 < a program flexible enough to be tailored to each individual employee — A.J.Nickerson >
 < giving to each syllable an equal stress — Max Beerbohm >
 < some publishers … will have books to show in each category — James Britton >
II. pronoun
Etymology: Middle English ech, from Old English ǣlc, from ǣlc, adjective
1. : each one — usually used with reference to a preceding substantive or followed by of
 < shot after shot, each missing by inches >
 < each of them is to pay his own fine >
 < each of them are to pay their own fine >
2. : each person : everybody — used with indefinite or vaguely implicit reference
 < whatever their faults each believes in the gods of his father >
3. : all considered one by one — used following a series
 < your songs, your thoughts, your doings, each divide this perfect beauty — Amy Lowell >
III. adverb
: to or for each : apiece
 < allow two helpings each >
 < the reports cost a dollar each >
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