| 单词 | meanwhile |
| 释义 | meanwhile (once / 113 pages) advn Use the adverb meanwhile to mean "at the same time." For example, you might have a great evening at the bowling alley, but meanwhile, your parents are home wondering why you never showed up for dinner. The word meanwhile is handy when you’re telling a story because sometimes it’s funny to realize what two things are happening at the same time. You might be frantically searching for your cat, meanwhile, he's lounging under your bed. Meanwhile can also refer to the time before something happens, as in "I have an interview in an hour, but meanwhile I'm going to take a nap." The word meanwhile is rooted in mean, with its meaning of "middle" or "intermediate." WORD FAMILYmeanwhile: meanwhiles USAGE EXAMPLESDoctson, meanwhile, developed a medically mystifying Achilles’ tendon ailment that migrated from one ankle to the next. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Meanwhile, Islamic State militants launched an attack on the main road from Baghdad to Mosul, a key military supply route. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Settlers, meanwhile, brush it off as an irrelevance. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1adv at the same time but in another place meanwhile, back at the ranch... 2adv during the intervening time meanwhile I will not think about the problem Syn in the meantime, meantime 3n the time between one event, process, or period and another meanwhile the socialists are running the government Syn|Hypo|Hyper interim, lag, meantime interregnum the time between two reigns, governments, etc. interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants |
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