Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hideran (cognates: Old Norse heðra "here," Gothic hidre "hither"), from Germanic demonstrative base *hi- (compare he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father, etc. Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.
权威例句
1. Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
难民们四处逃奔,寻求安全之所。
2. He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
他逛来逛去找玩伴.
3. He tramped hither and thither.
他到处流浪.
4. Why, with such rank in the learned world, had he come hither?
他既然在学术界地位如此之高,为什么要到这里来 呢 ?
5. " Come up hither, Hester, thou and Little Pearl,'said the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale.