thither

英 [ˈðɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈðɪðər]

adv.  到那里; 向那里

BNC.22705 / COCA.33917

习惯用语

adv.

hither and thitherhither and yon
• 各处；四处
  in many different directions

牛津词典

adv.

• 到那里；向那里
  to or towards that place

柯林斯词典

• 他们费力地挪动到那边躲避。 → see:They have dragged themselves thither for shelter.

英英释义

adv

• to or toward that place
  1. go there around noon!
  Synonym:there

双语例句

• Clare received directions how to find the house, and hastened thither, arriving with the milkman.
  克莱尔向他们问了怎样寻找那家公寓的路，就急急忙忙地去找那家公寓，他找到那家公寓的时候，送牛奶的也到了那儿。
• He saw the men's eyes turning hither and thither in quest of him.
  他看到那些人的眼睛东张西望地搜索着他。
• They fly hither and thither in my thought like blind birds beating the air with ineffectual wings.
  这样的念头在我的脑中飞来飞去，就像失明的鸟儿无助地在空中扑打着翅膀。
• She hasn't joined the church but is tending thither.
  她还没加入教会，但有那个趋向。
• So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
  于是民中约有三千人上那里去，竟在艾城人面前逃跑了。
• Tom went hither and thither to search for an answer.
  汤姆到处寻找答案。
• They wandered hither and thither: finally they reached a kingdom ruled by an old king who had only one daughter, but she was of great beauty.
  他们四处游荡：最后他们来到了一个老国王只有一个女儿谁统治一个王国，但她非常漂亮。
• He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
  他逛来逛去找玩伴。
• My friend and companion Collins, who was a clerk in the post-office, pleas'd with the account I gave him of my new country, determined to go thither also;
  我的朋友和伴侣高令斯是邮局的一个职员，他听了我关于我到的新地方的报告，十分喜欢，因此决定也要上那里去了。
• Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
  难民们四处逃奔，寻求安全之所。