Tra từ alternate - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

al·ter·nate AW [alternate alternates alternated alternating] adjective, verb, noun
adjective BrE [ɔːlˈtɜːnət] ; NAmE [ˈɔːltərnət] usually before noun
1. (of two things)happening or following one after the other regularly
•alternate layers of fruit and cream
•Stretch up 30 times with alternate arms as a warm-up exercise.
2. if sth happens on alternate days, nights, etc. it happens on one day, etc. but not on the next
•John has to work on alternate Sundays.
•The ferry service will initially run on alternate days, increasing eventually to daily sailings.
3. (especially NAmE) = ↑alternative

Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: from Latin alternat- ‘done by turns’, from alternare, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.
Derived Words: ↑alternately ▪ ↑alternation

verb BrE [ˈɔːltəneɪt] ; NAmE [ˈɔːltərneɪt]
1. transitive to make things or people follow one after the other in a repeated pattern
•~ A and B Alternate cubes of meat and slices of red pepper.
•~ A with B Alternate cubes of meat with slices of red pepper.
•Her music alternates moments of sudden quiet with moments of dramatic intensity.
2. intransitive (of things or people)to follow one after the other in a repeated pattern
•alternating dark and pale stripes
•~ with sth Dark stripes alternate with pale ones.
3. intransitive ~ between A and B to keep changing from one thing to another and back again
•Her mood alternated between happiness and despair.
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Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: from Latin alternat- ‘done by turns’, from alternare, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.

Example Bank:
•They believed that the earth's climate alternated between periods of extreme cold and warm.

noun BrE [ˈɔːltɜːnət] ; NAmE [ˈɔːltərnət] (NAmE)
a person who does a job for sb who is away

Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: from Latin alternat- ‘done by turns’, from alternare, from alternus ‘every other’, from alter ‘other’.