meantime
英 ['miːntaɪm] 美 ['min'taɪm]
| 近义词 | time 、 while 、 during 、 throughout 、 coincidently 、 the 、 meanwhile 、 same 、 at | ||
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- n. 其时，其间
- adv. 同时；其间
中文词源
meantime 同时
mean,中间的，其间，time,时间。引申词义同时。
英文词源
- meantime (n.)
- also mean time, mid-14c., from mean (adj.2) "middle, intermediate" + time (n.). Late 14c. as an adverb. In the mean space "meanwhile" was in use 16c.-18c.
双语例句
- 1. In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue.
- 与此*心理战似乎还可能继续。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I'll contact them soon. Meantime don't tell them I'm back.
- 我会尽快和他们联系。在此期间，不要告诉他们我回来了。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Meantime he was loading the pistols.
- 而同时他在往*里装*.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Meantime, here I crouch over a cup of tea in my unheated study.
- 与此*在没有暖气的书房里，我只能就着一杯茶取暖。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I'd been doing some quiet investigating in the meantime and had an ace up my sleeve.
- 与此*我不动声色地展开了调查，掌握了一张王牌。
来自柯林斯例句