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单词 between-whiles
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between-whilesadv.

/bɪˈtwiːnhwʌɪlz/
Etymology: < between prep. + while n.
a. In the intervals of time; at intervals.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [adverb] > in the interval or at intervals
betweena1240
amongc1275
betwixta1400
amella1425
betwixt-handsc1568
atween1595
by interims1598
betwixt-times1607
between-whiles1677
between handsc1817
between-times1907
1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Persian Trav. v. xviii. 242 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) Between whiles they have Sweetmeats, Coffee, and Fruits.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 297 Regaling the social circle between-whiles.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. (1860) xv. 237 Betweenwhiles he would walk in the garden.
b. quasi-adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > intermittent or irregular
chopping1483
wavering1488
interpolate1547
suspensive1575
off and on1583
remitting1583
intermissive1586
fluttering1590
aguisha1602
intermittent1603
irregular1608
broken1629
intermitting1643
serratile1707
serrine1707
scattering1709
serratic1753
now-and-then1762
remittent1791
fitful1810
non-periodic1836
spasmodic1837
startful1837
interlusory1853
heterochronic1854
heterochronous1854
between-whiles1859
snatchy1861
sporadic1861
spasmodical1864
catchy1869
pauseful1877
aperiodic1879
scratchy1881
nervy1884
spurty1894
off-again on-again1923
on-again off-again1946
on-off1949
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel I. vi. 97 A monotonous betweenwhiles kind of talk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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