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.
实用例句
1. In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue.
与此同时，心理战似乎还可能继续。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I'll contact them soon. Meantime don't tell them I'm back.
我会尽快和他们联系。在此期间，不要告诉他们我回来了。
来自《权威词典》
3. Meantime he was loading the pistols.
而同时他在往手枪里装子弹.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Meantime, here I crouch over a cup of tea in my unheated study.
与此同时，在没有暖气的书房里，我只能就着一杯茶取暖。
来自柯林斯例句
5. I'd been doing some quiet investigating in the meantime and had an ace up my sleeve.