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altern

/awl-tern, al-/US // ˈɔl tərn, ˈæl- //

交替使用,交替进行,交替,交替进行的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : alternate; following one another.

Examples

  • And the Duke of Altern rubbed his weak eyes and tried hard to think.

  • Tell me, dear, when shall we be able to call you the Duchess of Altern?

  • That ecstatically happy woman, with Carmen and the obsequious young Duke of Altern, appeared behind him in the flood of light.

  • The Duke of Altern, costumed as a long carrot, fawned in her wake throughout the evening.

  • I love the real you; not the vain, foolish, self-adoring 150 human concept, called the Duke of Altern.