quoth
英 [kw??θ]
美[kwoθ]
- vt. 說
中文詞源
quoth 說過
來自古英語cwaeth,說過，聲稱，聲明，來自PIE*gwet,說，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?"
雙語例句
- 1. "I blame the selectors," quoth he.
- “我認為錯在那些遴選者，”他說。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. 'Ask your pardon , sir, you would be very wrong,'quoth Silver.
- “ 請恕我直言, 先生, 那樣你就大錯特錯了. ”
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
- 3. Quoth the raven , nevermore ! - E . A . Poe.
- 決不再說黑無呀! -E.A.波爾.
來自互聯網
- 4. Quoth the raven, nevermore!
- 烏鴉說, 永不復還!
來自互聯網
