英漢辭典

1. prep. (介係詞 preposition)
   1. 在…旁邊,在…近旁,在…手邊,在…附近 【使用說明】位置

2. 2. 偏於 【使用說明】方向

3. 3. [文] 對,向

   North by East

   正北偏東,偏東北(在北與東北之間)

   do one's duty by one's parents

   對父母盡義務

   Do to others as you would be done by.

   你要人家怎樣待你,就要怎樣待人.

4. 4. 從…旁邊(過去);沿…(而行);通過,經由 【使用說明】途徑,經過

5. 5. 憑借,靠,用;由於 【使用說明】表示手段、方法、媒介、原因等

6. 6. [美‧俚] 在…商店(購買等)

   send by mail

   郵遞

   go [travel] by bus [boat, bicycle, plane, rail (way), steamer, train, etc.]

   乘公共汽車 [小船、飛機、火車、輪船等]去[旅行]

   go by water [air]

   從水路[乘飛機]去

   by land [sea]

   走陸[水]路

   We'll get it by Macy's.

   到梅西(百貨公司)去買

   by reason of.

7. 7. 根據 【使用說明】判斷的標準

8. 8. 由,被;由…所生,為…所出 【使用說明】表示行為者

9. 9. 到…之前,不遲於 【使用說明】時間、期限

10. 10. 在…的時候 【使用說明】期間

11. 11. 按…計算,以…為單位 【使用說明】計量單位

12. 12. 以…之差,至…的程度 【使用說明】程度

13. 13. 逐一;連續

    drop by drop

    一滴一滴地

    little by little

    一點一點地

    one by one

    一個一個地

    by degrees

    逐漸地,漸漸地

    step by step

    一步一步地

    two by two

    兩個兩個地.

14. 14. 【使用說明】表示乘除

15. 15. 就…來說,在…方面是 【使用說明】關係

16. 16. 以(神)的名義,對著…(發誓) 【使用說明】發誓、賭咒



17. adv. (副詞 adverb)
    1. 在旁,在側,在附近

    by-sitters

    坐在旁邊的人

    drop [stop] by.

18. 2. [美] 到[進]他人家

19. 3. (擱)在一邊;存起

    keep sth by

    把某物留在手頭

    put [lay, set] sth by

    把某物擱在一邊,把某物儲存起來.

20. 4. 經過;過去

    go by

    走過

    Time goes by.

    時間流逝

    in days gone by

    在過去的日子裡.

柯林斯英英辭典

prep

1. used to indicate the agent after a passive verb

seeds eaten by the birds

2. used to indicate the person responsible for a creative work

this song is by Schubert

3. via; through

enter by the back door

4. followed by a gerund to indicate a means used

he frightened her by hiding behind the door

5. beside; next to; near

a tree by the house

6. passing the position of; past

he drove by the old cottage

7. not later than; before

return the books by Tuesday

8. used to indicate extent, after a comparative

it is hotter by five degrees than it was yesterday

9. (esp in oaths) invoking the name of

I swear by all the gods

10. multiplied by

four by three equals twelve

11. [in habitual sentences] during the passing of (esp in the phrases by day, by night)

12. placed between measurements of the various dimensions of something

a plank fourteen inches by seven

adv

1. near

the house is close by

2. away; aside

he put some money by each week for savings

3. passing a point near something; past

he drove by

4. [Scot] past; over and done with

that's a' by now

5. [Scot] aside; behind one

you must put that by you

n

1. a variant spelling of bye

2. [Etymology] Old English bi; related to Gothic bi, Old High German bi, Sanskrit abhi to, towards

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