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

• Come up hither, I pray you, and pass a pleasant hour with me!
  我请求你到这里来，陪我过上一小时欢乐的时光吧！
• It brought thee hither.
  是它把你带到了这里。
• When I hither drive my car;
  当我开着我的汽车到了这边。
• "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。
• And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
  你们也要将我在埃及一切的荣耀、和你们所看见的事、都告诉我父亲、又要赶紧的将我父亲搬到我这里来。
• 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。
• Yet the exotic had grown here, suddenly as the prophet's gourd; and had drawn hither Tess.
  然而这种外来的风物就像先知的蓖麻一样②，已经在这儿生长起来了，并且还把苔丝吸引到了这儿。
• At night I came hither.
  到了晚上，我常来这儿。
• 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。
• Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
  难民们四处逃奔，寻求安全之所。