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thou
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thou
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thous
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- thou
[θaυ]
[θau]
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1.
noun
[slang]
thousand的缩略形式
Collins English-English Dictionary
- thou
[ðaυ]
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1.
pron
[subjective]
[archaic]
[dialect]
refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior
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2.
pron
[usually capital]
refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc
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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]
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1.
n
one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre
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2.
n
short for thousand
Examples
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Art thou mad? Mad, quotha! I am more sane than thou
→ quotha
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Thou is an archaic form of you.
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thou是you古体形式。
→ archaic
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thou goest
→ -est
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thou hadst
→ -est
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a holier-than-thou attitude
→ holier-than-thou
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thou, thyself, wouldst know
→ thyself
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verily, thou art a man of God
→ verily
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