Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hideran (cognates: Old Norse heðra "here," Gothic hidre "hither"), from Germanic demonstrative base *hi- (compare he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father, etc. Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.
雙語例句
1. Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
難民們四處逃奔，尋求安全之所。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
他逛來逛去找玩伴.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He tramped hither and thither.
他到處流浪.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Why, with such rank in the learned world, had he come hither?
他既然在學術界地位如此之高,為什麽要到這裏來 呢 ?
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
5. " Come up hither, Hester, thou and Little Pearl,'said the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale.