thou
英[ea?]
美[ea?]
- pron. 你；爾，汝（古時候的叫法）
- n. (Thou)人名；(法、柬)圖
助記提示
1. [單數]主格thou;所有格 thy 或 thine;賓格thee;
2. [復數]主格 you 或 ye;所有格 your 或 yours; 賓格 you 或 ye.
中文詞源
thou （用作第二人稱單數主格）你，汝
來自 you 的古體用法或詩意用法，來自古英語 thu,你，來自 Proto-Germanic*tu,你，來自 PIE*tu, 第二人稱單數人稱代詞，你，詞源同 thee,thine,thy.后由 you 所取代。
英文詞源
- thou (pron.)
- 2nd nominative singular personal pronoun, Old English tu, from Proto-Germanic *thu (cognates: Old Frisian thu, Middle Dutch and Middle Low German du, Old High German and German du, Old Norse tu, Gothic tu), from PIE *tu-, second person singular pronoun (cognates: Latin tu, Irish tu, Welsh ti, Greek su, Lithuanian tu, Old Church Slavonic ty, Sanskrit twa-m).
Superseded in Middle English by plural form you (from a different root), but retained in certain dialects (e.g. early Quakers). The plural at first was used in addressing superior individuals, later also (to err on the side of propriety) strangers, and ultimately all equals. By c. 1450 the use of thou to address inferiors gave it a tinge of insult unless addressed by parents to children, or intimates to one another. Hence the verb meaning "to use 'thou' to a person" (mid-15c.).Avaunt, caitiff, dost thou thou me! I am come of good kin, I tell thee! ["Hickscorner," c. 1530]
A brief history of the second person pronoun in English can be found here.
雙語例句
- 1. Father, I know thou art aware of me at all times.
- 父親，我知道您無時無刻不在關心著我。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The eighth commandment is "Thou shalt not steal".
- 第八誡是“不可偷盜”。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He has always sounded holier-than-thou.
- 他說話總是顯得自命清高。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I can't stand his holier-than-thou attitude.
- 我無法忍受他那種自命不凡的態度。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. Thou is an archaic form of you.
- “Thou”是“you”的古體.
來自辭典例句