each other
pronoun
uk/ˌiːtʃ ˈʌð.ər/us/ˌiːtʃ ˈʌð.ɚ/(alsoone another)A2
used to show that eachpersonin agroupof two or morepeopledoes something to theothers:
互相Theykeptlookingat each other andsmiling.他们一直微笑着看着对方。
They're alwayswearingeach other'sclothes.他们总是换着衣服穿。
Why are you alwaysarguingwitheach other?你俩为什么老是吵个不休？
They're sohappytogether - they weremade foreach other(= areperfectlymatched).他们在一起那么幸福——真是天生的一对。
- The twocompaniesare incompetitionwith each other.
- Children can be verycruelto each other.
- It was one of thosepartieswhere nobody reallykneweach other.
- Theboysweresplashingabout andduckingeach other in thepool.
- Rachel and Fi have had abigargumentand now they're notspeakingto each other.
Reciprocating
- another
- give and take
- it takes two to tangoidiom
- mutual
- mutualism
- non-reciprocal
- one anotherphrase
- one good turn deserves anotheridiom
- ping-pong
- reciprocal
- reciprocate
- reciprocation
- reciprocity
- requite
- return
- scratch
- turn
- two
- two-way
- you scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursidiom
Grammar
Each other,one another
We use each other and one another to show that each person in a group of two or more people does something to the others. There is very little difference between each other and one another and we can normally use them in the same places. Each other is more common than one another:…