或情况发生或存在期间将可能发生另一件事。它不用于说明人或事物的另一面。

常用结构：

in the meanwhile 在此期间（=in the meantime）

They'll be here soon. Meanwhile we'll have some coffee.

他们即刻就到，我们现在先喝点咖啡。

Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been.

与此同时,我的舌头正忙于寻找被拔牙齿的伤口。

Meanwhile, two other actors had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees.

与此同时,另外两位演员把两个盛着食物的大篮子拿到树下荫凉的地方。

高手过招

（1）单项填空

Mother went shopping; , I cleaned the house.

A. While B. when

C. and when D. meanwhile

(2)完成句子 （原创）

简在写信，而与此同时帕特正在看电视。