in-betweenn.adj.

Etymology: substantive or attributive use of phrase in between (in adv. + between prep. or between adv.).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: in-beˈtween.

A. n.

(a) An interval. (b) A person who intervenes.

ΘΠ

the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval

waya1300

distancec1330

interstition1390

spacea1400

pastimea1513

vacance1533

intermission?1566

vacation1567

intervallum1574

interim1579

between-timea1586

wem1599

parenthesis1600

intermedium1611

betweena1616

fore-while?1615

interpolation1615

vacancya1616

interval1616

interstitium1624

slatcha1625

interspace1629

intermissa1633

between-spacea1641

interregnum1659

intervalea1661

interlapse1666

interlude1751

in-between1815

lapse1817

intermezzo1851

meanwhile1872

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > intermediate agency > intermediate means > person as

dealerc1000

meanc1384

mediatorc1390

moyen1455

intermediator1522

broker1530

middlera1533

intercessor1554

mercury1602

intermedial1605

transactor1611

interdealer1613

intermeddler1630

intercommuner1638

middleman1648

second hand1655

inter-agent1728

intermediary1791

in-between1815

medium1817

intermediate1879

come-between1919

tolkach1955

1815 Zeluca I. 393 He's fallen in love with Lady Naglefort, because she's an in-between.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. iii. 43 Busy..talking and listening, and forming all these schemes in the in-betweens .

B. adj.

Placed between.

ΘΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > placed between

interject1578

intersited1578

interposed1602

interplaced1603

interjecteda1619

entre-pressed1641

intercalary1798

interceptive1819

intercalated1849

interlaid1856

interpolated1875

in-between1898

1898 Westm. Gaz. 22 Sept. 3/2 White or pale-coloured silk, with an in-between layer of chiffon.

Derivatives

in-beˈtweener n. (also inbetweener) a person who takes up an intermediate position (chiefly figurative).

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course > follower of

commoderator1607

middleman1765

middle-of-the-roader1896

in-betweener1924

middle-roader1959

1924 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 459 The undeserving and the in-betweeners far outnumber the deserving.

1927 C. Shaw Let. 17 May in P. Knightley & C. Simpson Secret Lives Lawrence of Arabia (1969) xvii. 256 In Ireland... We had The Gentry and The People: nothing else. You will say ‘but the in-betweeners?’ They belonged to the people.

1939 C. E. Smith in Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 247 The inbetweeners are still there but the musician has become an individual.

1942 O. Nash Good Intentions (1943) 162 He was a born in-betweener... He always thought that there was much to be said on both sides.

1970 S. Afr. Panorama Feb. 25/1 He joined the London Polytechnic Studios. He started as an ‘in-betweener’—the name given to the most junior apprentice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	in-between
释义	in-betweenn.adj. Etymology: substantive or attributive use of phrase in between (in adv. + between prep. or between adv.).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: in-beˈtween. A. n. (a) An interval. (b) A person who intervenes. ΘΠ the world > time > [noun] > stretch, period, or portion of time > period of time between events or interval waya1300 distancec1330 interstition1390 spacea1400 pastimea1513 vacance1533 intermission?1566 vacation1567 intervallum1574 interim1579 between-timea1586 wem1599 parenthesis1600 intermedium1611 betweena1616 fore-while?1615 interpolation1615 vacancya1616 interval1616 interstitium1624 slatcha1625 interspace1629 intermissa1633 between-spacea1641 interregnum1659 intervalea1661 interlapse1666 interlude1751 in-between1815 lapse1817 intermezzo1851 meanwhile1872 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > intermediate agency > intermediate means > person as dealerc1000 meanc1384 mediatorc1390 moyen1455 intermediator1522 broker1530 middlera1533 intercessor1554 mercury1602 intermedial1605 transactor1611 interdealer1613 intermeddler1630 intercommuner1638 middleman1648 second hand1655 inter-agent1728 intermediary1791 in-between1815 medium1817 intermediate1879 come-between1919 tolkach1955 1815 Zeluca I. 393 He's fallen in love with Lady Naglefort, because she's an in-between. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. iii. 43 Busy..talking and listening, and forming all these schemes in the in-betweens . View more context for this quotation B. adj. Placed between. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition or fact of being interjacent > [adjective] > placed between interject1578 intersited1578 interposed1602 interplaced1603 interjecteda1619 entre-pressed1641 intercalary1798 interceptive1819 intercalated1849 interlaid1856 interpolated1875 in-between1898 1898 Westm. Gaz. 22 Sept. 3/2 White or pale-coloured silk, with an in-between layer of chiffon. Derivatives in-beˈtweener n. (also inbetweener) a person who takes up an intermediate position (chiefly figurative). ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > absence of prejudice > [noun] > middle course > follower of commoderator1607 middleman1765 middle-of-the-roader1896 in-betweener1924 middle-roader1959 1924 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 459 The undeserving and the in-betweeners far outnumber the deserving. 1927 C. Shaw Let. 17 May in P. Knightley & C. Simpson Secret Lives Lawrence of Arabia (1969) xvii. 256 In Ireland... We had The Gentry and The People: nothing else. You will say ‘but the in-betweeners?’ They belonged to the people. 1939 C. E. Smith in Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 247 The inbetweeners are still there but the musician has become an individual. 1942 O. Nash Good Intentions (1943) 162 He was a born in-betweener... He always thought that there was much to be said on both sides. 1970 S. Afr. Panorama Feb. 25/1 He joined the London Polytechnic Studios. He started as an ‘in-betweener’—the name given to the most junior apprentice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.adj.1815
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