thou 的 3 个定义
singular, nominative thou;possessive thy or thine;objective thee;plural, nominative you or ye;possessive your or yours;objective you or ye.
- Archaic except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose. the second person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to modern you: Thou shalt not kill.
- a familiar form of address of the second person singular: Thou needn’t apologize.
- to address as “thou,” especially during an era of historical English when “thou” was distinguished as an informal form of you: It would have been scandalous for household staff to thou the lord of the manor.
- to use “thou” in discourse: There are still Quakers who thou as a matter of custom.
更多thou例句
- In an arms races to prove they are holier than thou, rabbis add more and more prohibitions and prerequisites.
- Three times,” he says angrily, “thou shalt betray me ere the cock crows.
- Officials say thou-sands of International school boys may have crossed paths with William Vahey.
- Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
- Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
- Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
- Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
- For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
- In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
- Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.