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单词 beside
释义 be·side
I. \bə̇ˈsīd, bē-\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English beside, besiden, adverb & preposition, from Old English be sīdan at or to the side, from be at, by (from ) + sīdan, dative & accusative of sīde side — more at by, side
1. archaic : in a nearby position : close by : alongside
2. archaic : besides
 < myself and divers gentlemen beside — Shakespeare >
II. preposition
Etymology: Middle English beside, besiden
1.
 a. : at or by the side of
  < walk beside me >
  : along or on one side of
  < the ditch beside the road >
  < the road leads beside a branch of the White river — Bernard DeVoto >
 b. : close to : near : next to
  < there's an orchard beside the house, about a half mile off >
 c. : in comparison with
  < a writer needs to be a Walt Whitman if his faults of technique are to be rated unimportant beside the vigor of his personality — Douglas Stewart >
 d. : on a par with
  < a musical achievement that can be ranked beside that of the masters >
2. : besides 1
 < beside being taken into a world of escapist literature a thoughtful reader can go somewhat further — J.P.Marquand >
3. : besides 2
 < many creatures beside man live in communities — Stuart Chase >
4.
 a. obsolete : outside of
 b. : away from (as through irrelevance) : wide of
  < beside the point >
 c. archaic : beyond the range of : contrary to

- beside oneself
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