置き

―おき【―置き】

¶ → 1か月置きに

¶ → 1日置きに

¶彼女は1日～に出勤する

She goes to work every other day.

¶2フィート～に

at intervals of two feet

¶2日～に

every third day; every three days 3日目ごとに.

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-おき【-置き】

●1 日おきに every other [second] day; on alternate days

・2 日おきに on every third day; two days apart

・1 行おきに書く write on every other line [alternate lines]

・5 メートルおきにくいを立てる plant stakes five meters apart [at intervals of five meters, with a space of five meters in between]

・(電車などが)10 分おきに運行する run every ten minutes

・行列の学生は 1 人おきに旗を持っていた. Every second student in the parade carried a flag.

・ひとつおきに席に着いてください. Please sit in alternate seats. | Please leave one seat vacant between you and your neighbors.

●20 分おきに 2 回地震があった. Two earthquakes occurred twenty minutes apart [with a twenty minutes' interval between them].

・道路には 3 メートルおきに木が植えてある. The road is planted with trees at intervals of three meters.

・この薬は 8 時間おきに飲むこと. 〔服用方法の指示〕 This medicine is to be taken every eight hours.

・バスはほぼ 1 時間おきに出ている. Buses leave roughly every hour. | There's a bus approximately every hour.