英语词汇“the”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

the¹

(thēbefore a vowel; thəbefore a consonant)

def.art.

a. Used before singular or plural nouns and noun phrases that denote particular, specified persons or things: the baby; the dress I wore.

b. Used before a noun, and generally stressed, to emphasize one of a group or type as the most outstanding or prominent: considered Wicker Park to be the neighborhood to live in these days.

c. Used to indicate uniqueness: the Prince of Wales; the moon.

d. Used before nouns that designate natural phenomena or points of the compass: the weather; a wind from the south.

e. Used as the equivalent of a possessive adjective before names of some parts of the body: grab him by the neck; an infection of the hand.

f. Used before a noun specifying a field of endeavor: the law; the film industry; the stage.

g. Used before a proper name, as of a monument or ship: the Alamo; the Titanic.

h. Used before the plural form of a numeral denoting a specific decade of a century or of a lifespan: rural life in the Thirties.

2. Used before a singular noun indicating that the noun is generic: The loggerhead turtle is an endangered species.

a. Used before an adjective extending it to signify a class and giving it the function of a noun: the rich; the dead; the homeless.

b. Used before an absolute adjective: the best we can offer.

4. Used before a present participle, signifying the action in the abstract: the weaving of rugs.

5. Used before a noun with the force of per: cherries at $1.50 the box.

[Middle English, from Old English, alteration (influenced by , th-, oblique case stem of demonstrative pron.) of se, masculine demonstrative pron.; see so- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	the
释义	the¹ (thēbefore a vowel; thəbefore a consonant) def.art. 1. a. Used before singular or plural nouns and noun phrases that denote particular, specified persons or things: the baby; the dress I wore. b. Used before a noun, and generally stressed, to emphasize one of a group or type as the most outstanding or prominent: considered Wicker Park to be the neighborhood to live in these days. c. Used to indicate uniqueness: the Prince of Wales; the moon. d. Used before nouns that designate natural phenomena or points of the compass: the weather; a wind from the south. e. Used as the equivalent of a possessive adjective before names of some parts of the body: grab him by the neck; an infection of the hand. f. Used before a noun specifying a field of endeavor: the law; the film industry; the stage. g. Used before a proper name, as of a monument or ship: the Alamo; the Titanic. h. Used before the plural form of a numeral denoting a specific decade of a century or of a lifespan: rural life in the Thirties. 2. Used before a singular noun indicating that the noun is generic: The loggerhead turtle is an endangered species. 3. a. Used before an adjective extending it to signify a class and giving it the function of a noun: the rich; the dead; the homeless. b. Used before an absolute adjective: the best we can offer. 4. Used before a present participle, signifying the action in the abstract: the weaving of rugs. 5. Used before a noun with the force of per: cherries at $1.50 the box. [Middle English, from Old English, alteration (influenced by , th-, oblique case stem of demonstrative pron.) of se, masculine demonstrative pron.; see so- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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