释义
[ in-bi-tween ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌɪn bɪˈtwin / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun Also in-be·tween·er. a person or thing that is between two extremes, two contrasting conditions, etc.: yeses, noes, and in-betweens; a tournament for professional, amateur, and in-between.
a person who handles the intermediary steps, as in a manufacturing or sales process.
adjective being between one thing, condition, etc., and another: a coat for in-between weather.
Origin of in-between First recorded in 1805–15
OTHER WORDS FROM in-between in-be·tween·ness, noun Words nearby in-between in bad faith, in-basket, inbd, in behalf of, inbeing, in-between , in-betweener, in between times, in black and white, inboard, inboard-outboard
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British Dictionary definitions for in-between adjective intermediate he's at the in-between stage, neither a child nor an adult
noun an intermediate person or thing
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Idioms and Phrases with in-between In an intermediate situation, as in My roommates disagreed and I was caught in between . [Late 1500s]
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