alternate

（常与with连用）（使）轮流

（与between连用）（使）交替

轮流的；交替的

间隔的

互生的（叶）

alternate

交替的, 轮流的, 预备的

交替, 轮流, 改变

alternate

1. someone who takes the place of another person

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1. go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

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2. exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

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3. be an understudy or alternate for a role

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4. reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

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5. do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift"

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1. every second one of a series; "the cleaning lady comes on alternate Wednesdays"; "jam every other day"- the White Queen

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2. allowing a choice; "an alternative plan"

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3. occurring by turns; first one and then the other; "alternating feelings of love and hate"

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4. of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired; "stems with alternate leaves"

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