单词 | elsewhither |
释义 | elsewhitheradv. Somewhat archaic. To some other place, in some other direction. Formerly also = ‘whithersoever’. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > in another direction > to or towards another place elseOE elsewhitherc1000 otherwherec1480 elsewhere1513 otherwhither1585 somewhither else1623 elsewardsa1882 c1000 Ælfric Gram. 38 Elleshwider, aliorsum. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 103 To Yrlond heo flowe aȝeyn, & elles wyder heo myȝte. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. liv. 38 He..sayd he must gone elles whyder. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxi. 23) That they bee not haried elsewhither. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xx. 704 Send to the towne or else whither to buy bread. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. i. 18 The dusty fugitives must shrink elsewhither. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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