| 单词 | between ourselves |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbetween ourselves 12. Expressing confinement or restriction to two (or more) parties; especially used of privacy or secrecy in conversation. between ourselves: as a matter not to be communicated to others. Π c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) vii. 35 Þa iudeas cwædon betweonan him sylfum. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12958 Þer heo heom bi-twenen [c1300 Otho bi-twine] heolden heore runen. c1300 K. Alis. 1556 Tel me..pryvely bytweone thè and me! 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur (1816) II. 112 Pray him to speak with me between us two. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John xi. f. cxxxix And spake bitwene [1611 King James among] themselves. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. C3v This I tel you betweene you and me, but I would haue it go no further. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 118. ⁋3 Between you and me, I am often apt to imagine it has had some whimsical Effect upon my Brain. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xix. 129 I was desired to ask you a question..between ourselves. < as lemmas |
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