单词 | in between |
释义 | > as lemmasin between Phrases P1. in between (also inbetween).Compare earlier use of verbs expressing motion combined with in indicating direction and followed by between, such as to get in between, to thrust in between, etc., which may have influenced this use (compare especially to come in between —— at come v. Phrasal verbs 2 and to come in between at come v. Phrasal verbs 1, probably to be taken as to come in ‘to enter’ + between). a. As compound preposition. (a) In or into the space which separates two or more points; (figurative) partly similar to each of (two or more things that differ from each other). ΚΠ 1769 Jrnl. 25 May in A. J. Wahll Voy. Canceaux (2003) 40 The ice in the river broke up and carried away in a body..which carried the ship out the cove and with standing the ice being caught all under her & in between her and the shore. 1815 J. Biddle Let. 25 Mar. in Amer. Mag. July 89 The enemy's bowsprit came in between our main and mizen rigging, on our starboard side. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xvii. 197 The opening cones were struck with brown, in between the button buds. 1921 W. L. Stidger Flash-lights from Seven Seas x. 194 In between the two lighthouses vague, dim, mist-belted mountains of the China coast loomed through the dusk. 2009 Bristol Post (Nexis) 21 May 4 Liquid DnB is somewhere inbetween dubstep and jungle and ragga, with fast-flowing beats but a more fluffy ambience. (b) In the interval separating (two points of time, events, actions, etc.).Cf. earlier in between times at time n., int., and conj. Phrases 3g. ΚΠ 1894 A. B. Gomme Trad. Games I. 404 This is done with every alternate verse, the first verse being always sung as a chorus or dance in between the different action-verses. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Feb. 7/4 In between taking care of the general's two uniforms..Orderly Powder gave inquiring correspondents a short rundown. 1968 Listener 19 Dec. 810/2 In between the bombing raids, the doodle-bugs and the V2s they'd improvised a splendid life in SE20. 1998 I. Welsh Filth 283 I stick on Val Halen's Women and Children First as loud as it will go... Inbetween tracks I hear a loud knock at the door. 2013 New Yorker 29 July 22/1 In between honks, one could hear the customary sounds of summer on the Battery. b. As adverb. (a) In or into an intermediate position or course, midway, in the midst (literal and figurative); intermediately in amount, order, etc. ΚΠ 1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies xvii While squalid poverty grovels in between. 1897 F. G. H. Price Catal. Egyptian Antiq. 127 A string of green glass bugle beads in a triple string, with small glass beads in between. 1990 Holiday Which? Mar. 106/2 Fifteen courses of it are Roman, neatly laid square ragstone blocks with straight red tile courses in between. 2005 Whisky Mag. Oct. 75/3 Single malt afficionadoes are at one end of the spectrum, blend drinkers are at the other, and there's a lot inbetween. (b) In the interval separating two periods of time or activities. ΚΠ 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 290/1 Two or more severe races on the Saturday, with perhaps a mid-week meeting in between. 1910 Washington Post 15 May (Sporting section) 4/6 An ‘iron man’ is one who can work at least four games a week and be ready to act as the main stem in a double-header in between. 1942 Archit. Rev. 91 52 In between there came a wave of European historicism, all the varieties of Victorian period imitation. 2003 G. Burn North of Eng. Home Service (2004) iv. 133 In between were the balancing acts and the comedians and the conjurers. P2. in for.Cf. sense 11b. a. Involved in some coming event, etc., esp. one which cannot be avoided; finally committed to do something; (now esp.) destined to experience something. Formerly also: †involved or engaged inextricably in some business or occupation for (a specified time) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > [phrase] > working for a specific time in for1599 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupied or busy [phrase] > involved in something > for a specified time in for1599 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [phrase] > in store (for) over a person's headc1390 in store for1657 in for1773 1599 Master Broughtons Lett. Answered viii. 26 Herein..you are in for all day..it is your element. 1599 G. Chapman Humerous Dayes Myrth sig. H What? is he in for his owne iewells. 1614 J. Day Dyall 126 Here are they in for a yeere and a day. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 239 in Piazza Universale To be in for a Petty Claw, viz. to be in for a Share, and sometimes Ironically spoken, to be deeply involv'd in any ugly Business and Loss; also taken obsceanly, to have contributed to the Getting of such or such a Child. 1692 R. Bourne Contented Cuckold iv. 40 It hath one ill property that I know of, it sets a Man in for all day, if he like his Company. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 73 So, Now I am in for Hobs's Voyage; a great Leap in the Dark. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer iv. 74 I was in for a list of blunders. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 21 We are in for a speech. 1889 C. Smith Repentance Paul Wentworth I. xiv. 285 We are in for a pretty severe storm. 1922 Pacific Dairy Rev. 31 Aug. 6/2 Those classes of people who think that the strike is the remedy for these conditions, we fear, are in for a rude awakening. 1935 T. Wolfe Of Time & River iv. 40 I only say that whoever gets elected we're in for a period of unparalleled development. 2014 Radio Times 22 Feb. (South/West ed.) 78/1 Jim Carrey fans are in for a treat this evening, as Sky Comedy shows four of his movies back-to-back. b. in for it. (a) Committed to a course of action; keen to undertake something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > committed to a course of action [phrase] > certain to end unpleasantly in for it1659 the mind > will > decision > the decisive step is taken [phrase] > committed to a course of action in for it1659 1659 W. Hicks Ἀποκάλυψις Ἀποκάλυψεως (Rev. iii. 15) 288 They never intended to take heaven by violence, if it would descend unto them in a bed of Doune, in an easie way, then they would be in for it; but if otherwise it be to be taken by striving and violence,..they will have nothing more to do with it. 1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle iii. i. 27 I've thrown my cast, and am fairly in for't. But an't I an impudent Dog? 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 99 I am in for it now, over Head and Ears, I doubt, and can't help loving him. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. v. 108 As I am in-fort [1818 in for't], I must now proceed. 1855 C. Kingsley Plays & Puritans 145 Raleigh finds himself ‘in for it’, and takes the island out of hand in the most masterly fashion. 1921 V. Woolf Diary (1979) II. 117 Barbara at the club today, stunned with the problem of life, thoroughly in for it. 2014 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 20 Dec. 42 If I can do anything that will save me money, I'm in for it—and yes, that includes having things installed. (b) On course to undergo an unpleasant experience, esp. punishment. Cf. to come in for it at come v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1828 Night Watch II. v. 9 If the shovel-nosed sharks of the Revenue take the flash of the pistol for the fowler's guns, all is safe enough; but if the cutter saw it, we are regularly in for it. 1857 Ld. Dufferin Lett. from High Latitudes (ed. 3) 22 I, guessing we were in for it, sent down the topmasts,..rove the ridge-ropes, and reefed all down. 1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 26 Feb. When..the representative receives a lady's card..He knows that he is in for it..he has to exhibit the lions of the Capitol. 1925 Table Talk (Melbourne) 24 Sept. 15/2 Well, we are in for it now. Even if the spring isn't warm meteorologically, the host of candidates for election to the Federal Parliament will make up any deficiency. 2015 Daily Star (Nexis) 3 Mar. 15 People write saying: ‘If I ever find out where you live, you're in for it.’ c. In the competition or race for some prize or thing to be gained. Cf. to go in for at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > in competition or rivalry [phrase] > for a prize or gain in for1662 1662 W. Hemings Jewes Trag. v. 60 Now by this hand I am lighter by a Roman dram, to hear thee in for a share too. 1850 H. T. Cheever Whale & his Captors xiii. 203 Though not myself..in for any share of the profits. 1877 O. Wilde Let. c14 Mar. (1962) 32 I have been in for ‘the Ireland’ and of course lost it: on six weeks' reading I could not expect to get a prize for which men work two and three years. 1905 'Varsity 30 Nov. 109/3 Those who are in for ‘Divvers’ should make sure of knowing all about St. Stephen's Speech. 1995 P. McCabe Dead School (1996) 56 The school team is in for the Munster Cup I think we will win. d. in for a penny, in for a pound: see penny n. Phrases 3c. P3. in on: participating in; being (one of a group) in possession of knowledge concerning (something). See also to be in on the act at act n. Phrases 10b. Cf. on adv. 13. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb] > entrusted with secrets inside1870 in on1907 1907 Sat. Evening Post 12 Jan. 3/1 ‘I'm in on this,’ he cried with sudden conviction. ‘I'm in on this, to the limit!’ 1912 Southwestern Reporter 146 522/2 Q. How did you know who was in on it? Did you know who was in on this, who was partners? A. Lots of the time we would take some of the boys down that wasn't in on it at all. 1923 A. Christie Murder on Links viii. 101 You don't mean—that you're in on that? 1958 B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties 197 I was very much ‘in’ on the birth of this song. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer xv. 128 Don't imagine I have the slightest wish to be in on your muckraking. 2004 C. Bateman Driving Big Davie xvi. 162 He was in on the secret,..then Capone offed him to make sure he didn't help himself to the gold. P4. in with. a. In agreement with; on friendly terms with. Recorded earliest in to keep in with: see to keep in 8 at keep v. Phrasal verbs 1. Cf. to get in with at get v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > on friendly terms [phrase] to (also at) friend1543 in with1598 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adverb] > in agreement with in with1598 in the same sentiments with, in sentiment with1741 on board1959 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. v. 96 He kept in, with Cæsar in no lesse fauour then authoritie. 1613 R. Horne Life & Death iv. 382 When Gods children fall out with their sinnes..God comes in with them: being in with them, they are no longer accounted enemies by him, but friends. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 140 They knew that..against him they had been in with Diabolus. View more context for this quotation 1692 W. Bulstrode in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1899) App. ii. 21 He was a haughty proud man, in with King Charles the Second. 1714 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs (1741) 10 Those who pretended wholly to be in with the Principles upon which Her Majesty and her new Servants proceeded. a1875 W. Arnot Anchor of Soul (1876) 72 When I am no longer in with my destroyer, I have the Omnipotent on my side. 1964 P. M. Hubbard Pict. Millie ii. 15 We..go along to the Carrack for a drink..occasionally, but we're not really in with the people staying there. 2010 in R. Wilkie Livestock/Deadstock vii. 129 I mean, you could be in with a group of people, and if none of them were interesting, you'd wonder why you were there. b. Nautical. Close in to, near (the land, shore, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > direct or manage ship [phrase] > close to land in with1631 1631 D. Ellffryth in William & Mary Q. (1944) 1 286 It is very deepe water before you are in with the shore East & West. 1685 N. Boteler Six Dialogues Sea-services 107 When a Ship sails towards the Shore, she is said to bear in with the Land. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4422/7 It proving close and dirty Weather,..we could not venture in with Land. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiii. 275 We kept plying on and off the whole night, intending to keep well in with the land. 1800 M. Hunter Jrnl. (1894) 159 We sailed close in with the island. 1869 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 21 51 From May to September they are often found in large numbers close in with the shore, at times playing about ships at anchor in the open roadsteads. 1967 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1966–7 C. 65 96 The fish are some times seen off the headlands, and, no later than last year, close in with the shore. 1992 P. O'Brian Truelove ii. 63 In the autumn of that year we were close in with the coast of Brittany. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > equality [phrase] > equal or even with on even board with1631 on (also upon) the square1692 in with1741 up with ——1741 upsides with1746 (to be) upshots (with)1877 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxxiii. 335 I can't say, but you're in with me now... Ay, by my Soul, you have nabbed me cleverly. d. to come in with: see to come in 4 at come v. Phrasal verbs 1. to fall in with: see to fall in 3 at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1. P5. from in: from the inside. Chiefly in from in out, from in to out. ΚΠ 1739 Universal Hist. IV. ii. xi. 6 Our learned Prideaux has sufficiently proved that the dimensions were the same, only differently taken, viz. the one from in to in, and the other from out to out. 1809 Belfast Monthly Mag. Dec. 439/2 It is probable a mutch less quantity of timber might be used..By the increase of thickness from in to out, all along the fore and aft ribs. c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 22 Reeve it from in out through the quarter block. 1937 Mag. Art Mar. 161 You have to work from in out, always working from an axis, holding to that. Then what you are doing will be abstract in the pure sense that what you're doing exists without depending upon copying. 2006 Stud. Conservation 51 166 (caption) From in to out (bottom to top in the figure) the sequence of layers is: gypsum base, organic coat, tin sheet..and finally a gypsum layer. P6. In numerous other phrasal verb combinations. a. Expressing acceding or yielding: e.g. to come in 11 at come v. Phrasal verbs 1, to fall in 3 at fall v. Phrasal verbs 1, to give in 1 at give v. Phrasal verbs 1. b. Expressing the initiation of a state or activity: e.g. to break in 1 at break v. Phrasal verbs, to set in 5 at set v.1 Phrasal verbs 2, to start in at start v. Phrasal verbs 1, to step in 2 at step v. Phrasal verbs 1, to swear in at swear v. Phrasal verbs 2. c. Expressing commitment to a group or participation in an enterprise: e.g. to chip in (see to chip in 2a at chip v.1 Phrasal verbs), to join in at join v.1 13c, to muck in at muck v.1 Phrasal verbs, to pitch in 1 at pitch v.2 Phrasal verbs 1. d. Expressing the abandonment of an activity: e.g. to cash in at cash v.2 2, to jack in at jack v.2 Phrasal verbs, to pack in at pack v.1 Phrasal verbs, to throw in 10 at throw v.1 Phrasal verbs. P7. See also to have (also get) one's eye (also eyes) (well) in at eye n.1 Phrases 2j(d). one's hand is in at hand n. Phrases 3f(a). in and in adv. and n., in and out adv. and n., to want in at want v. Phrases 5a, well in adv. and adj. < as lemmas |
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