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

• 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。
• And am now brought hither by this Indian to be redeemed out of my captivity.
  如今又给这个印第安人带到这里来找人赎身。
• 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。
• I came with Hermia hither.
  我和赫米厄一起来这儿。
• 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，奸夫和妓女的种子，都要前来。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• For like a most unhappy and thankful maid, it is I have led you hither.
  因为我象一个最倒霉和最不吉利的姑娘似的，把你牵累到这个地步。