英语词汇“by turns”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. followed by the noun of quantity in plural, as by hundreds, by inches, by files, by degrees; also by times, by turns (obsolete), = ‘time after time, turn after turn’.

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4710 To gider þei flocked in þat lond Bi hundrides & bi þousond.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. i. B Their horsmen come by greate heapes from farre.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lviii. 519 The roote is..full of joyntes by spaces.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vi. 58 They growe by degrees.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 43 We are..to come..by ones, by twoes, & by threes.

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. 42 One..Rends haire by handfuls.

1645 City Alarum 11 We do worse then stand still, in doing things by halves.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iii. 191 To win our Ground by Inches.

1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 726 Then sing by turns, by turns the Muses sing.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 81 The North by myriads pours her mighty sons.

1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 71 Raving, perchance, by times, concerning religion and morality.

1840 R. H. Barham Hand of Glory in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 43 Hand in hand The Murderers stand By one, by two, by three!

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 146 By twenties, by hundreds, by thousands, the force gathered.

(b) by turns: one after another in regular succession (also †by turn); = in turn at Phrases 1a(c)(i); successively, periodically.

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1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vicissatim, by tymes, by tournes. Vicissim, by tourne, nowe one, nowe an nother.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. D ii By turnes atwixe them selues thei shuld sometime erre, sometime flatter, sometimes wincke for the nones, & now & than coumfort theyr bittred tast with some hony of foolisshenesse.

1641 T. Beedome Poems sig. C7^v The winged birds..Each one by turne did sing his rounde-lay.

1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 508. ⁋3 He is by turns outrageous, peevish, froward and jovial.

1802 E. Forster tr. Arab. Nights III. 135 They slept only by turns, in order to guard against wild beasts.

1910 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Nov. 1530/1 The Queen suffered considerable pain..and was by turns feverishly hot and shivering with cold.

1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 524/2 The Blessed Sacrament is exposed..for a period of c. forty hours, and the faithful pray before it by turns throughout this time.

2015 New Yorker 18 May 61/3 The top firms cooperate and compete by turns.

单词	by turns
释义	> as lemmas by turns b. followed by the noun of quantity in plural, as by hundreds, by inches, by files, by degrees; also by times, by turns (obsolete), = ‘time after time, turn after turn’. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4710 To gider þei flocked in þat lond Bi hundrides & bi þousond. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hab. i. B Their horsmen come by greate heapes from farre. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball iv. lviii. 519 The roote is..full of joyntes by spaces. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. vi. 58 They growe by degrees. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 43 We are..to come..by ones, by twoes, & by threes. View more context for this quotation 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes i. 42 One..Rends haire by handfuls. 1645 City Alarum 11 We do worse then stand still, in doing things by halves. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. iii. 191 To win our Ground by Inches. 1709 A. Pope Spring in Poet. Misc.: 6th Pt. 726 Then sing by turns, by turns the Muses sing. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 81 The North by myriads pours her mighty sons. 1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 71 Raving, perchance, by times, concerning religion and morality. 1840 R. H. Barham Hand of Glory in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 43 Hand in hand The Murderers stand By one, by two, by three! 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 146 By twenties, by hundreds, by thousands, the force gathered. extracted from byprep.adv. by turns (b) by turns: one after another in regular succession (also †by turn); = in turn at Phrases 1a(c)(i); successively, periodically. ΚΠ 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vicissatim, by tymes, by tournes. Vicissim, by tourne, nowe one, nowe an nother. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. D ii By turnes atwixe them selues thei shuld sometime erre, sometime flatter, sometimes wincke for the nones, & now & than coumfort theyr bittred tast with some hony of foolisshenesse. 1641 T. Beedome Poems sig. C7^v The winged birds..Each one by turne did sing his rounde-lay. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 508. ⁋3 He is by turns outrageous, peevish, froward and jovial. 1802 E. Forster tr. Arab. Nights III. 135 They slept only by turns, in order to guard against wild beasts. 1910 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Nov. 1530/1 The Queen suffered considerable pain..and was by turns feverishly hot and shivering with cold. 1974 F. L. Cross & E. A. Livingstone Oxf. Dict. Christian Church (ed. 2) 524/2 The Blessed Sacrament is exposed..for a period of c. forty hours, and the faithful pray before it by turns throughout this time. 2015 New Yorker 18 May 61/3 The top firms cooperate and compete by turns. extracted from turnn. < as lemmas
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