quoth
- vt. 說(shuō)
中文詞源
來(lái)自古英語(yǔ)cwaeth,說(shuō)過(guò),聲稱(chēng),聲明,來(lái)自PIE*gwet,說(shuō),詞源同bequeath.
英文詞源
- quoth
- quoth: see bequeath
- quoth (v.)
- Old English cw?e, third person singular past tense of cweean "to say, speak; name, call; declare, proclaim" (Middle English quethan), from Proto-Germanic *kwithan (cognates: Old Saxon quethan, Old Norse kveea, Old Frisian quetha, Old High German quedan, Gothic qitan), from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak" (see bequeath). Compare also archaic quotha "said he" (1510s) for Old English cw?ee ge "think you?"
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. "I blame the selectors," quoth he.
- “我認(rèn)為錯(cuò)在那些遴選者,”他說(shuō)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. 'Ask your pardon , sir, you would be very wrong,'quoth Silver.
- “ 請(qǐng)恕我直言, 先生, 那樣你就大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)了. ”
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 金銀島
- 3. Quoth the raven , nevermore ! - E . A . Poe.
- 決不再說(shuō)黑無(wú)呀! -E.A.波爾.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Quoth the raven, nevermore!
- 烏鴉說(shuō), 永不復(fù)還!
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)