forth

英[f??θ] 美[f?rθ]

反義詞back

forth 向前

來(lái)自PIE*per, 向前，穿過(guò)，詞源同ford, farther.

forth: forth: [OE] Forth can be traced back to the same Indo-European source, *pr, as produced English first, for, fore, foremost, former, from, and before. It formed the basis of a word *prto ‘forwards’, whose Germanic descendant *furtha gave German fort, Dutch voort, and English forth. Modern English forward(s) [OE], which has largely replaced forth in general use, was originally a compound formed from forth and -ward.

Other related forms include afford, which originally meant ‘a(chǎn)ccomplish, fulfil’, forthwith [14], at first literally ‘a(chǎn)long with’, hence ‘a(chǎn)t the same time as’ and ‘immediately’, and further.
=> afford, before, first, for, fore, former, from, further
forth (adv.): Old English fore "forward, onward, further; continually;" as a preposition, "during," perfective of fore, from Proto-Germanic *furtha- "forward" (cognates: Old Frisian, Old Saxon forth "forward, onward," Old Norse fore, Dutch voort, German fort), from extended form of PIE root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per). The construction in and so forth was in Old English.

1. She passed the needle through the rough cloth, back and forth.: 她一針一針地縫那塊粗布。

2. They ate in an Italian restaurant in Forth Street.: 他們?cè)诘谒拇蠼值囊患乙獯罄宛^吃了飯。

3. The prosecution and defense were bandying accusations back and forth.: 原告和被告你來(lái)我往，互相指責(zé)。

4. Dr. Mesibov set forth the basis of his approach to teaching students.: 梅西伯夫博士闡述了他的教學(xué)方法的基礎(chǔ)。

5. The patient can have apples, apple juice, apple sauce, and so forth.: 病人可以食用蘋(píng)果、蘋(píng)果汁、蘋(píng)果醬等。