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

• It brought thee hither.
  是它把你带到了这里。
• Hester, said he, come hither!
  海丝特，他说，过来呀！
• Master, Do they come hither?
  带到别的地方去了，他们想去的地方。主人：他们到这个岛上来过吗？
• QUEEN GERTRUDE: Come hither my good Hamlet sit by me.
  王后：过来，我的好哈姆莱特，坐到我边上来。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。