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thou
  • Conjugation : pl  thou ; pl  thous
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

thou [θaυ] [θau]
  1. 1. noun [slang] thousand的缩略形式

Collins English-English Dictionary

thou [ðaυ]
  1. 1. pron [subjective] [archaic] [dialect] refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
  2. 2. pron [usually capital] refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc
  3. 3. pron [Etymology] Old English thu; related to Old Saxon thu, Old High German du, Old Norse thu, Latin tu, Doric Greek tu
thou [θaυ]
  1. 1. n one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
  2. 2. n short for thousand

Examples

Art thou mad? Mad, quotha! I am more sane than thou quotha
Thou is an archaic form of you.
thou是you古体形式。 archaic
thou goest -est
thou hadst -est
a holier-than-thou attitude holier-than-thou
thou, thyself, wouldst know thyself
verily, thou art a man of God verily

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