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thither

/thith-er, thith-/US // ˈθɪð ər, ˈðɪð- //UK // (ˈðɪðə) //

到此为止,到此,到那里去,到这里来

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Also thith·er·ward [thith-er-werd, thith-], /ˈθɪð ər wərd, ˈðɪð-/, thith·er·wards. to or toward that place or point; there.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : on the farther or other side or in the direction away from the person speaking; farther; more remote.

Examples

  • We've seen Mitt Romney fly thither and yon grasping at excuses not to release his tax returns.

  • Hugh puffed, his hair flopping hither and thither as the photographers hosed him down.

  • With arrows and with bows they shall go in thither: for briers and thorns shall be in all the land.

  • Blessed are ye that sow upon all waters, sending thither the foot of the ox and the ass.

  • And not until the secretary arose to call the various charges and who had been sent thither, did he know where he was to go.

  • Upon a high and lofty mountain thou hast laid thy bed, and hast gone up thither to offer victims.

  • Monsieur de Tressan was here, as ill-luck would have it, and Gaubert implored him to send soldiers thither to quell the riot.