英语单词

quoth是什么意思

quoth

英 [kwəʊθ] 美 [kwoθ]
  • vt. 说

中文词源


quoth 说过

来自古英语cwaeth,说过,声称,声明,来自PIE*gwet,说,词源同bequeath.

英文词源


quoth
quoth: see bequeath
quoth (v.)
Old English cwæð, third person singular past tense of cweðan "to say, speak; name, call; declare, proclaim" (Middle English quethan), from Proto-Germanic *kwithan (cognates: Old Saxon quethan, Old Norse kveða, Old Frisian quetha, Old High German quedan, Gothic qiþan), from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak" (see bequeath). Compare also archaic quotha "said he" (1510s) for Old English cwæðe ge "think you?"

双语例句


1. "I blame the selectors," quoth he.
“我认为错在那些遴选者,”他说。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 'Ask your pardon , sir, you would be very wrong,'quoth Silver.
“ 请恕我直言, 先生, 那样你就大错特错了. ”

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

3. Quoth the raven , nevermore ! - E . A . Poe.
决不再说黑无呀! -E.A.波尔.

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4. Quoth the raven, nevermore!
乌鸦说, 永不复还!

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