to-froadj.adv.n.

/ˈtuːˈfrəʊ/

Etymology: < to and fro adv.

poetic.

A. adj.

= to and fro adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > to-and-fro

to and fro1749

toing and froing1847

up and down1876

to-fro1879

twitchety1936

1879 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 81 To-fro tender trambeams truckle at the eye.

1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 83 How shrill the long hosannahs of despair With which those to-fro scolopendras bear, Statesmen to conferences, troops to war.

1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid xi. 253 It was like the to-fro rhythm of the sea, when a wave runs forward..then rapidly draws away.

1983 T. Hughes in Listener 13 Jan. 21/1 The silent to-fro hurrying of nurses, The bowed stillness of surgeons.

B. adv.

= to and fro adv. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adverb]

to-fro1920

1920 E. Blunden Waggoner 44 A sharp snatch, swirling to-fro of the line.

C. n.

= to and fro n. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > to-and-fro

wawing1500

to and fro1847

toing and froing1847

to-fro1937

1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point 200 The rhythmic tap and to-fro of the white ball.

1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day viii. 157 Almost from the start I seem to have been aware of a fidgetiness, and a constant to-fro made up of many individual, desultory movements.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	to-fro
释义	to-froadj.adv.n. /ˈtuːˈfrəʊ/ Etymology: < to and fro adv. poetic. A. adj. = to and fro adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > to-and-fro to and fro1749 toing and froing1847 up and down1876 to-fro1879 twitchety1936 1879 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 81 To-fro tender trambeams truckle at the eye. 1936 R. Campbell Mithraic Emblems 83 How shrill the long hosannahs of despair With which those to-fro scolopendras bear, Statesmen to conferences, troops to war. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid xi. 253 It was like the to-fro rhythm of the sea, when a wave runs forward..then rapidly draws away. 1983 T. Hughes in Listener 13 Jan. 21/1 The silent to-fro hurrying of nurses, The bowed stillness of surgeons. B. adv. = to and fro adv. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adverb] to-fro1920 1920 E. Blunden Waggoner 44 A sharp snatch, swirling to-fro of the line. C. n. = to and fro n. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > to-and-fro wawing1500 to and fro1847 toing and froing1847 to-fro1937 1937 C. Day Lewis Starting Point 200 The rhythmic tap and to-fro of the white ball. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day viii. 157 Almost from the start I seem to have been aware of a fidgetiness, and a constant to-fro made up of many individual, desultory movements. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.adv.n.1879
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