hither

英 [ˈhɪðə(r)]

美 [ˈhɪðər]

adv.  到此处; 向此地

TEM8

BNC.21659 / COCA.25331

习惯用语

adv.

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

牛津词典

adv.

• 到此处；向此地
  to this place

柯林斯词典

• ADV 到这里;向这里
  Hithermeans to the place where you are.
  1. He has sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people.
     他委派大批的官员到这里骚扰我们的人民。
• PHRASE 四处，到处（美国英语中有时用 hither and yon）
  Hither and thithermeans in many different directions or places, and in a disorganized way. In American English, the expressionhither and yonis sometimes used.
  1. Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
     难民们四处逃奔，寻求安全之所。
  2. ...the awful amount of time I spend moving things hither and yon every year!
     我每年花在把东西搬来搬去上的大量时间

英英释义

adv

• to this place (especially toward the speaker)
  1. come here, please
  Synonym:here

双语例句

• Then my last illness seized me, and I returned hither to die.
  后来，致命的疾病缠住了我，我回到这里已奄奄待毙。
• He has sent hither swarms of officers to harass our people.
  他委派大批的官员到这里骚扰我们的人民。
• "Thanks be to him who hath led me hither" answered the minister.
  “感谢上帝指引我来到了这里！”牧师回答说。
• 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。
• QUEEN GERTRUDE: Come hither my good Hamlet sit by me.
  王后：过来，我的好哈姆莱特，坐到我边上来。
• But, behold, the absorbing scene had been imported hither.
  但是你看，那吸引人的景象向这边转移过来了。
• Wherefore have we come hither to set up our own tombstones in a wilderness?
  我们为什么要来到此地，在荒山野地之中树起我们的墓碑？
• I came with Hermia hither.
  我和赫米厄一起来这儿。
• Come hither, man. I see that thou art poor.
  来这儿，我明白你是个可怜虫。
• 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。