hither
英 ['hɪðə]
美 ['hɪðɚ]
- adj. 这边的；近这边的
- adv. 到这里；在这里
TEM8 IELTS
hither 到此处，向这里来自Proto-Germanic*hi,这里，来自PIE*ki,这里，词源同here,he,-ther,工具格后缀。
- hither (adv.)
- 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.
- 1. Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
- 难民们四处逃奔，寻求安全之所。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
- 他逛来逛去找玩伴.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He tramped hither and thither.
- 他到处流浪.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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 ?
来自英汉文学 - 红字
- 5. " Come up hither, Hester, thou and Little Pearl,'said the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale.
- “ 上这儿来吧, 海丝特, 你,还有小珠儿, ” 可敬的丁梅斯代尔先生说.
来自英汉文学 - 红字
