中文词源
thither 到那里，向那里
来自古英语 thider,向那里，来自 Proto-Germanic*thadra,向那里，来自 PIE*to,指示代词，PIE*tra,
英语词源
- thither (adv.)
- Old English þider "to or toward that place," altered (by influence of its opposite hider) from earlier þæder "to that place," from Proto-Germanic *thadra- (cognates: Old Norse þaðra "there," Gothic þaþro "thence"), from PIE pronominal root *to- (see that) + PIE suffix denoting motion toward (compare Gothic -dre, Sanskrit -tra). The medial -th- developed early 14c. but was rare before early 16c. (compare gather, murder, burden).
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. They have dragged themselves thither for shelter.
- 他们费力地挪动到那边躲避。
- 3. He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
- 他逛来逛去找玩伴.
- 4. He tramped hither and thither.
- 他到处流浪.
- 5. Thither we used to repair there for hours at a time.
- 当时,我们常常成群结队地去那儿,而且每次一玩就是几个小时.