between /biˈtwi:n/ prep.在… (两者)之间（可指关系、空间、时间、数量等）：the relation between teachers and students 师生之间的关系The straits of Dover lies between France and England. 多佛尔海峡位于法国和英国之间。I will come between twelve and one o’clock.我会在12点到1点钟之间来。He is a man between fifty and sixty. 他的年龄在50到60之间。between the lines字里行间［考句］Reading between the lines, I would say that the Government are more worried than they will admit. 体会字里行间的言外之意，我认为政府实际上比他们所承认的要更加忧虑。in between在中间；每间隔；在…期间：trees planted with the space of 10 metres in between每间隔十米种一棵的树木［考句］Our house is about a mile from the station and there are not many houses in between . 我们的房子离车站大约有一英里，两者之间没有很多房子。