英文词源
- meantime (n.)
- also mean time, mid-14c., from mean (adj.2) "middle, intermediate" + time (n.). Late 14c. as an adverb. In the mean space "meanwhile" was in use 16c.-18c.
中文词源
mean,中间的，其间，time,时间。引申词义同时。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：meantime 词源，meantime 含义。
词根词缀： mean中间 + time时间
