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

adv

Use the word thither when you need a colorful way to say "over there." For example, you might point across the street and say, "Let's go thither, to the ice cream shop."

It's too bad this adverb has fallen from fashion because it is so much fun (for native speakers, anyway) to pronounce. Thither means, in essence, "to that place," although these days its territory is pretty much taken over by there, just as its companions hither and whither have been replaced by here and where. The original version of thither was the Germanic thæder, and it's related to other th words like that and the.

WORD FAMILY

thither: thithers

USAGE EXAMPLES

Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the needles of the compasses of all those ships attract them thither?

Time(Oct 18, 2016)

We’ve now spent eight years watching Republican congressmen scurrying hither and thither brandishing pitchforks, outraged at the latest whiff of terrorist fist-bumpery.

The Guardian(Sep 04, 2016)

He points hither and thither, half-heartedly, I might add.

The Guardian(Jun 14, 2016)

adv to or toward that place; away from the speaker

Syn|Ant

there

here, hither

to this place (especially toward the speaker)

单词	thither
释义	thither (once / 261 pages) adv Use the word thither when you need a colorful way to say "over there." For example, you might point across the street and say, "Let's go thither, to the ice cream shop." It's too bad this adverb has fallen from fashion because it is so much fun (for native speakers, anyway) to pronounce. Thither means, in essence, "to that place," although these days its territory is pretty much taken over by there, just as its companions hither and whither have been replaced by here and where. The original version of thither was the Germanic thæder, and it's related to other th words like that and the. WORD FAMILY thither: thithers USAGE EXAMPLES Tell me, does the magnetic virtue of the needles of the compasses of all those ships attract them thither? Time(Oct 18, 2016) We’ve now spent eight years watching Republican congressmen scurrying hither and thither brandishing pitchforks, outraged at the latest whiff of terrorist fist-bumpery. The Guardian(Sep 04, 2016) He points hither and thither, half-heartedly, I might add. The Guardian(Jun 14, 2016) adv to or toward that place; away from the speaker Syn\|Ant there here, hither to this place (especially toward the speaker)
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