Old English þider "to or toward that place," altered (by influence of its opposite hider) from earlier þæder "to that place," from Proto-Germanic *thadra- (cognates: Old Norse þaðra "there," Gothic þaþro "thence"), from PIE pronominal root *to- (see that) + PIE suffix denoting motion toward (compare Gothic -dre, Sanskrit -tra). The medial -th- developed early 14c. but was rare before early 16c. (compare gather, murder, burden).
双语例句
1. Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.
难民们四处逃奔，寻求安全之所。
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2. They have dragged themselves thither for shelter.
他们费力地挪动到那边躲避。
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3. He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.
他逛来逛去找玩伴.
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4. He tramped hither and thither.
他到处流浪.
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5. Thither we used to repair there for hours at a time.