meantime /ˈmi:ntaim/ n. ［u］同时，期间 in the meantime 同时，在此期间：He will be back in the meantime. 他将在此期间归来。In the meantime I'll make some enquiries of my own. 同时我将亲自做一些调查。‖II. adv. 期间：I continued working, meantime, he went out shopping.我继续工作，这期间他出去买东西。
meanwhile /ˈmi:nwail/ I. adv. 与此同时：Meanwhile I continued my investigations. 在此期间我继续调查研究。 ‖II. n. ［u］同时：In the meanwhile I shall go for a few days to Oxford perhaps. 与此同时我可能要去牛津几天。
