| 单词 | thee and thou |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthee and thou 2. (An instance of) the word thee. Frequently in collocation with thou (cf. thou n.1 1). thee and thou: used to designate a person, esp. a Quaker, who uses the second person pronouns thee and thou instead of you. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > pronoun > [noun] > personal pronoun > specific thouc1400 yec1400 you1655 thee1657 royal we1821 1657 J. Stalham Reviler Rebuked ii. 292 This language of Thou and Thee when it is given to God, it is given reverently. 1694 W. Penn Brief Acct. Rise Quakers ii. 44 They also used the Plain Language of Thou and Thee to a single Person. a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) I. ii. 142 Their nonconformity with the Vulgar Salutation, and their saying Thou and Thee. 1774 J. Adams Diary 7 Sept. (1961) II. 126 This plain Friend, and his plain, tho pretty Wife, with her Thee's and Thou's, had provided us the most Costly Entertainment. 1847 H. W. Longfellow Evangeline ii. v. 13 Her ear was pleased with the Thee and Thou of the Quakers. 1896 Peterson Mag. 6 265/1 Whose head-master was Benjamin Hallowell, a ‘thee’ and ‘thou’ Quaker of the strictest sect. 1926 Amer. Speech 1 638/1 Even in my boyhood in New England I heard very few Quakers who habitually said thee. 2004 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Dec. l25 It's Shakespeare without the thees and thous. < as lemmas |
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