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单词 betwixt
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
be•twixt /bɪˈtwɪkst/USA pronunciation   prep., adv. 
  1. Dialect Termsbetween.
Idioms
  1. Idiomsbetwixt and between, neither the one nor the other;
    in a middle position.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
be•twixt  (bi twikst),USA pronunciation prep., adv. 
  1. Dialect Terms[Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.]between.
  2. Idioms betwixt and between, neither the one nor the other;
    in a middle or unresolved position:Not wanting to side with either her father or her mother, she was betwixt and between.
  • bef. 950; Middle English betwix, Old English betwix, betweox, equivalent. to be- be- + tweox, cognate with Old High German zwiski two each; akin to German zwischen between (preposition)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
betwixt /bɪˈtwɪkst/ prep , adv
  1. archaic
    another word for between
  2. betwixt and betweenin an intermediate, indecisive, or middle position
Etymology: Old English betwix; related to Old High German zwiski two each
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