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单词 both
释义 both
I. \ˈbōth\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English bothe, bathe, from Old Norse bāthir, adjective & pron.; akin to Old High German beide, bēde both; both from a prehistoric North Germanic-West Germanic compound whose first constituent is akin to Old English bēgen, bā, būboth, Gothic bai, ba, Latin ambo, Greek amphō, Sanskrit ubhau both, Greek amphi around, and whose second constituent is a demonstrative pronoun or definite article (whence English the) — more at by, the
: being the two : involving the one and the other — used prepositively with an unmodified noun
 < both planes >
or with a noun modified by a demonstrative pronoun
 < both these armies >
or a possessive
 < both his eyes >
or other attributive word
II. pronoun
Etymology: Middle English bothe, bathe, from Old Norse bāthir, adjective & pron.
: the one and the other : the two without excepting either : the one as well as the other — used (1) alone
 < I want both >
or (2) with of and a pronoun
 < both of us >
or noun
 < both of the books >
though with a noun many prefer instead the adjectival form for formal use
 < both books >
or (3) appositionally with a pronoun
 < we were both happy >
or noun
 < English and French are both widely used >
III. conjunction
Etymology: Middle English bothe, bathe, from bothe, bathe, adjective
— used as a function word to indicate and stress the inclusion of each of two or more things specified by coordinated words, phrases, or clauses, its position being usually before the first element while the last element is usually preceded by and
 < both New York and London >
 < speaking both with kindness and with understanding >
 < they were happy both when you arrived and when you left >
 < both a musician, an archaeologist, and an anti-Fascist — Cyril Connolly >
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