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单词 go-between
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go-betweenn.adj.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊbᵻtwiːn/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊbəˌtwin/
Forms: see go v. and between prep., adv., and n.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to go between —— at go v. Phrasal verbs 2.
Etymology: < to go between —— at go v. Phrasal verbs 2. Compare earlier goer-between n.
A. n.
1.
a. A person who conveys messages, negotiating terms, etc., between two or more other parties, frequently as a substitute for direct communication when this is difficult or undesirable; an intermediary.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > message > [noun] > messenger > messenger between two parties
intermessenger1560
go-between1602
intercursitor1603
internuntiusa1631
internuncio1633
internonce1647
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor ii. ii. 253 Euen as you came to me, Her spokes mate, her go between parted from me.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 63 They onely are the internuntio's or the go-betweens of this trim devis'd mummery.
1735 J. Oldmixon Hist. Eng.: Queen Anne 420/2 Mr. Petkum..would needs be the Go-between in these Negotiations.
1775 London Evening-Post 11 July If they can persuade those who are most materially interested, to act as go-betweens, they save their own ignominious carcases.
1821 H. M. Jones Gretna Green xvi. 324 Your friend Mr. Robinson.., who, if it wasn't for the respect I feel for his sister, I would make remember playing the go-between in my house.
1887 A. Jessopp Arcady viii. 227 The clerk was..a sort of go between when parson and people were a little out of gear.
1917 Sunday School Jrnl. 21 Jan. 47/1 Andrew..introduced others to the new-found Master. His function was that of an intermediary or go-between.
1979 J. Raban Arabia through Looking Glass iv. 138 A boy..acted as go-between, carrying things from the women's quarters to the men's divan.
2005 Nat. Rev. (New Delhi) Jan. 12/1 The duo..functions as a go-between for professional witnesses and those looking for them.
b. Occasionally followed by two nouns joined by and, as if the second element were the preposition between. Cf. goer n. 3.
ΚΠ
1632 P. Massinger Emperour of East i. ii. sig. C3v You are The Squire of Dames, deuoted to the seruice Of gamesome Ladies..the Goe-between This female, and that wanton Sir.
1734 J. Swift Let. 15 June in Wks. (1841) II. 772/2 I write this letter to your ladyship in the employment you have chosen of being a go-between the duke of Dorset and me.
?1949 C. J. Rudolph Guide for Zulu Court Interpreter xi. 67 umKhongi, bridegroom's man who is a go-between the bridegroom and future father-in-law.
2010 S. Berne Missing Lucile 224 The unit director from Kansas..was the principle [sic] go-between the unit and the authorities in Paris.
2. Anything which goes or stands between two other things, or which forms a connection between them. Also: something intermediate or falling between two classes.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > connecting > one who or that which > that which
banda1300
binder1642
connection1712
go-between1811
cord1879
1811 R. Smith in B. B. Cooper Life A. Cooper (1843) II. v. 131 No other entremets than beans, Potatoes, puddings, tarts, and greens, With expletives, and go-betweens, Ad libitum, of Peter.
1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 374 A stallion..should be perfect in that class he is intended to represent..and we shall drop all those go-betweens.
1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 371 Each double window vies with its neighbour in the taste of its go-betweens.
1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 768 This is the limpkin..a most perfect go-between connecting the rails and the cranes.
1913 Bee-Keeper's Rev. Jan. 12 In the hive of a mismated queen..do you not find some workers that are distinctly representative of both parental varieties, and also all grades of the go-betweens?
2006 Gardens Monthly Apr. 87/2 There are several..spurges that can be used as go-betweens among spring bulbs and bedding.
B. adj. (attributive).
Designating a person who or thing which functions as a go-between.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > message > [adjective] > messenger between two parties
intercurrent1665
internunciary1682
go-between1809
1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring ix. in Tales Fashionable Life III. 234 More unpleasant feelings are created in families, by these..go-between friends by courtesy, than ever would have been caused by the parties speaking directly to one another.
1825 New Times 16 May A regulator, not of time, but of disputes, a sort of go-between person.
1853 J. F. W. Herschel Pop. Lect. Sci. (1873) vii. §87. 305 If they are exactly equal, the go-between ball will carry off all the motion of the ball which strikes it.
1912 Spatula Sept. 680/1 Perhaps, after all, his go-between man has his good points.
1987 G. L. McCormack in F. S. Cromwell Sociocultural Implications Treatm. Planning in Occup. Therapy 27 If a Filipino disagrees he may use a ‘go between’ person to iron out the differences.
2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 July (Central ed.) a12/5 Proxies, or ‘go-between’ servers..can reroute Web traffic that the state tries to block.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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