between: [OE] The second syllable of between is related to two and twin; the word as a whole seems to represent an original phrase meaning something like ‘by two each’. Old English betwēonum reflects a Germanic *twēon, reduced from an earlier *twikhnai; this represents the base *twīkh- (from which we get two) plus an -n suffix with apparently some sort of distributive function. The related betwixt comes ultimately from Germanic *twa ‘two’ and the element *-isk- ‘-ish’. => twin, two
between (prep.)
Old English betweonum "between, among, by turns," Mercian betwinum, from bi- "by" (see be-) + tweonum dative plural of *tweon "two each" (compare Gothic tweih-nai "two each"). Between a rock and a hard place is from 1940s, originally cowboy slang. Between-whiles is from 1670s.
双语例句
1. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
你是什么样的人和你想成为什么样的之间的差距就是，你做了什么。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
2. What will be the effect of the alliance between IBM and Apple?
若IBM公司和苹果公司联手将会有什么效果呢？
来自柯林斯例句
3. The ideological divisions between the parties aren't always obvious.
政党之间的意识形态界线并不总是泾渭分明的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. There has always been a difference between community radio and commercial radio.
社区广播电台和商业广播电台一直是有区别的。
来自柯林斯例句
5. I drain the pasta, then I share it out between two plates.