alternate

adjective
1
happening or following one after the other regularly
متناوب, یک در میان
2
if something happens on alternate days, nights, etc. it happens on one day, etc. but not on the next
یک روز در میان, یک‌روزدرمیان
John has to work on alternate Sundays.
The ferry service will initially run on alternate days, increasing eventually to daily sailings.
3
that can be used instead of something else
جایگزین, جانشین
verb
1
to make things or people follow one after the other in a repeated pattern
متناوب کردن, به نوبت انجام دادن, یکی در میان قرارداد
2
to follow one after the other in a repeated pattern
به‌تناوب بودن, متعاقب قرار گرفتن
alternating dark and pale stripes
Dark stripes alternate with pale ones.
3
to keep changing from one thing to another and back again
به تناوب انجام دادن, نوبتی کردن
Her mood alternated between happiness and despair.
They believed that the earth’s climate alternated between periods of extreme cold and warm.
noun
1
a person who does a job for somebody who is away
جانشین, نایب, جایگزین