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

by

/bʌɪ

preposition

1Identifying the agent performing an action:

1.1After a passive verb: the door was opened by my cousin Annie damage caused by fire

Synonyms

through the agency of, by means of, under the aegis of, using, utilizing, employing, with the help of, with the aid of, as a result of, because of, by dint of, by way of, by virtue of, via, through

1.2After a noun denoting an action: a clear decision by the electorate years of hard fund-raising work by local people

1.3Identifying the author of a text, idea, or work of art: a book by Ernest Hemingway

2 [often with verbal noun] Indicating the means of achieving something: malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite they substantiate their opinions by the use of precise textual reference they plan to provide further working capital by means of borrowing

2.1Indicating a term to which an interpretation is to be assigned: what is meant by ‘fair’?

2.2Indicating a name according to which a person is known: she mostly calls me by my last name

2.3Indicating the means of transport selected for a journey: the cost of travelling by bus I travelled to Folkestone by rail

2.4Indicating the other parent of someone’s child or children: Richard is his son by his third wife

2.5Indicating the sire of a pedigree animal, especially a horse: a black filly by Goldfuerst

2.6(Followed by a noun without a determiner) in various phrases indicating how something happens: I heard by chance that she has married again Anderson, by contrast, rejects this view she ate by candlelight

3Indicating the amount or size of a margin: the shot missed her by miles the raising of VAT by 2.5%

3.1Indicating a quantity or amount: billing is by the minute the drunken yobbos who turned up by the cartload

3.2In phrases indicating something happening repeatedly or progressively, typically with repetition of a unit of time: colours changing minute by minute the risk becomes worse by the day

3.3Identifying a parameter: a breakdown of employment figures by age and occupation

3.4Expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions: a map measuring 400 by 600 mm she multiplied it by 89

4Indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period: I’ve got to do this report by Monday by now Kelly needed extensive physiotherapy

Synonyms

no later than, in good time for, at, before

5Indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object: remains were discovered by the roadside the pram was by the dresser

Synonyms

next to, beside, next door to, alongside, by/at the side of, abreast of, adjacent to, cheek by jowl with, side by side with;

near, close to, hard by, nearest to, neighbouring, adjoining, abutting, bordering, overlooking;

connected to, connecting with, contiguous with, attached to

5.1Past and beyond: I drove by our house

Synonyms

past, in front of, beyond

6Indicating the period in which something happens: this animal always hunts by night

7Concerning; according to: anything you do is all right by me she had done her duty by him

Synonyms

according to, with, as far as … is concerned, concerning

8Used in mild oaths: it was the least he could do, by God I swear by Almighty God

adverb

So as to go past: a car flashed by on the other side of the road he let only a moment go by

Synonyms

past, on, along, beyond

noun (plural byes)

variant spelling of bye¹.

Phrases

by and by

by the by (or bye)

by hokey

by and large

by oneself

by way of

Origin

Old English bī, bi, be, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German bei.

单词	by
释义	by /bʌɪ / preposition 1Identifying the agent performing an action: 1.1After a passive verb: the door was opened by my cousin Annie damage caused by fire Synonyms through the agency of, by means of, under the aegis of, using, utilizing, employing, with the help of, with the aid of, as a result of, because of, by dint of, by way of, by virtue of, via, through 1.2After a noun denoting an action: a clear decision by the electorate years of hard fund-raising work by local people 1.3Identifying the author of a text, idea, or work of art: a book by Ernest Hemingway 2 [often with verbal noun] Indicating the means of achieving something: malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite they substantiate their opinions by the use of precise textual reference they plan to provide further working capital by means of* borrowing* 2.1Indicating a term to which an interpretation is to be assigned: what is meant by ‘fair’? 2.2Indicating a name according to which a person is known: she mostly calls me by my last name 2.3Indicating the means of transport selected for a journey: the cost of travelling by bus I travelled to Folkestone by rail 2.4Indicating the other parent of someone’s child or children: Richard is his son by his third wife 2.5Indicating the sire of a pedigree animal, especially a horse: a black filly by Goldfuerst 2.6(Followed by a noun without a determiner) in various phrases indicating how something happens: I heard by chance that she has married again Anderson, by contrast, rejects this view she ate by candlelight 3Indicating the amount or size of a margin: the shot missed her by miles the raising of VAT by 2.5% 3.1Indicating a quantity or amount: billing is by the minute the drunken yobbos who turned up by the cartload 3.2In phrases indicating something happening repeatedly or progressively, typically with repetition of a unit of time: colours changing minute by minute the risk becomes worse by the day 3.3Identifying a parameter: a breakdown of employment figures by age and occupation 3.4Expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions: a map measuring 400 by 600 mm she multiplied it by 89 4Indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period: I’ve got to do this report by Monday by now Kelly needed extensive physiotherapy Synonyms no later than, in good time for, at, before 5Indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object: remains were discovered by the roadside the pram was by the dresser Synonyms next to, beside, next door to, alongside, by/at the side of, abreast of, adjacent to, cheek by jowl with, side by side with; near, close to, hard by, nearest to, neighbouring, adjoining, abutting, bordering, overlooking; connected to, connecting with, contiguous with, attached to 5.1Past and beyond: I drove by our house Synonyms past, in front of, beyond 6Indicating the period in which something happens: this animal always hunts by night 7Concerning; according to: anything you do is all right by me she had done her duty by him Synonyms according to, with, as far as … is concerned, concerning 8Used in mild oaths: it was the least he could do, by God I swear by Almighty God adverb So as to go past: a car flashed by on the other side of the road he let only a moment go by Synonyms past, on, along, beyond noun (plural byes) variant spelling of bye¹. Phrases by and by by the by (or bye) by hokey by and large by oneself by way of Origin Old English bī, bi, be, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German bei. Rhymes ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai
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