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al·ter·nate A0231500 (ôl′tər-nāt′, ăl′-)v. al·ter·nat·ed, al·ter·nat·ing, al·ter·nates v.intr.1. a. To occur in a successive manner: day alternating with night.b. To act or proceed by turns: The students alternated at the computer.2. To pass back and forth from one state, action, or place to another: alternated between happiness and depression.3. Electricity To reverse direction at regular intervals in a circuit.v.tr.1. To do or execute by turns.2. To cause to alternate: alternated light and dark squares to form a pattern.adj. (-nĭt)1. Happening or following in turns; succeeding each other continuously: alternate seasons of the year.2. Designating or relating to every other one of a series: alternate lines.3. Serving or used in place of another; substitute: an alternate plan. See Usage Note at alternative.4. Botany a. Arranged singly at each node, as leaves or buds on different sides of a stem.b. Arranged regularly between other parts, as stamens between petals.n. (-nĭt)1. A person acting in the place of another; a substitute.2. An alternative.
[Latin alternāre, alternāt-, from alternus, by turns, from alter, other; see al- in Indo-European roots.]
al′ter·nate·ly adv.alternately (ɔːlˈtɜːnɪtlɪ) advin an alternating sequence or positionalternately alternatively">alternatively1. 'alternately'You use alternately to say that two actions or processes keep happening regularly after each other. Each piece of material is washed alternately in soft water and coconut oil.She became alternately angry and calm.2. 'alternatively'You use alternatively to give a different explanation from one that has just been mentioned, or to suggest a different course of action. It is on sale there now for just £9.97. Alternatively, you can buy the album by mail order for just £10.Alternatively, you can use household bleach.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. |  alternately - in an alternating sequence or position; "They were deglycerolized by alternately centrifuging and mixing"; "he planted fir and pine trees alternately" |
Translationsalternate (ˈoːltəneit) verb to use, do etc by turns, repeatedly, one after the other. John alternates between teaching and studying; He tried to alternate red and yellow tulips along the path as he planted them. 交替 交替 (oːlˈtəːnət) adjective1. coming, happening etc in turns, one after the other. The water came in alternate bursts of hot and cold. 交替的 交替的，轮流的 2. every second (day, week etc). My friend and I take the children to school on alternate days. 每隔 间隔的alˈternately (-ˈtəːnət-) adverbShe felt alternately hot and cold. 交替地 交替地alterˈnation noun 輪流，交替 轮流，交替 IdiomsSeealternate |