by the way

短语

在途中, 顺便

发音

AU

别名

BTW

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    Irrelevantly, off-topic.

    英国 习语
phr.
  1. 1.

    Incidentally; used in referencing a parenthetical statement not timely, central, or crucial to the topic at hand; foregone, passed by, something that has already happened.

    对了

    话说

    话时话

    讲开又讲

    习语

    His mother will be coming for dinner tomorrow, and, by the way, she recently sold her collection of ceramic eggs.

    […] I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years. But this is by the way.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 2

incidentally apropos

词源

First appeared in the 10th century with literal meaning "by the side of the road", from Old English weġ (which became "way") meaning "road". Soon afterward (circa 1000) it came to mean "during one's journey". The figurative meaning developed in the mid-16th century, with the first instance of the modern meaning being from 1614.

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