Old English þider "to or toward that place," altered (by influence of its opposite hider) from earlier þæder "to that place," from Proto-Germanic *thadra- (cognates: Old Norse þaðra "there," Gothic þaþro "thence"), from PIE pronominal root *to- (see that) + PIE suffix denoting motion toward (compare Gothic -dre, Sanskrit -tra). The medial -th- developed early 14c. but was rare before early 16c. (compare gather, murder, burden).
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. They have dragged themselves thither for shelter.
他們費力地挪動到那邊躲避。
來自柯林斯例句
3. 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》
4. He tramped hither and thither.
他到處流浪.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Thither we used to repair there for hours at a time.