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

• At night I came hither.
  到了晚上，我常来这儿。
• Did you see that come hither look she gave me?
  你看到她给我那个桃逗的眼色了没有？
• But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
  你们这些巫婆的儿子，奸夫和***的种子，都要前来。
• "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。
• Love, which in spite of darkness brought us hither.
  爱，它尽管天黑却让我们走到这里。
• Hester, said he, come hither!
  海丝特，他说，过来呀！
• He wandered hither and thither about the king's lonely palace.
  他在国王冷清的宫殿里四处徘徊。
• 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。
• Why, with such rank in the learned world, had he come hither?
  他既然在学术界地位如此之高，为什么要到这里来呢？
• 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。