thou
gb/ðˈaʊ/ us/ðˈaʊ/
C1
Engleză
~ 25600
te, ezer
C1
ARCHAIC
1
te
A1
Tipar de utilizare:
thou [verb]
Thou art my closest friend, and I trust thee with all my heart.
Te vagy a legjobb barátom, és teljes szívemből bízom benned.
If thou wilt listen, I shall tell thee the whole tale.
Ha meghallgatsz, elmesélem neked az egész történetet.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me.
What seekest thou in this desolate place?
Exemple pentru cursanți
Thou art very kind to me.
Nagyon kedves vagy hozzám.
Thou shalt not steal is a famous line from the Bible.
A „Ne lopj!” a Biblia egyik híres mondata.
In this old poem, a man says to his love, “Thou art fair.”
Some people still say thou when they pray.
My teacher showed us how thou means you in old English.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners often think “thou” is just a poetic version of “you” that can be used in modern speech, but in normal contemporary English it sounds wrong or joking. They may also confuse “thou” (subject) with “thee” (object), and forget that verbs often take special endings with “thou” (e.g., “thou art,” “thou hast,” “thou shalt,” not *“thou are” or *“thou have”).
Sens
archaic singular subject 'you'
Colocații
thou art
|thou shalt
|thou hast
|thou wilt
|thou didst
|thou knowest
Sinonime
you (Modern, normal form for both singular and plural; unlike “thou,” it is not archaic.)
Antonime
I (Refers to the speaker, not the person spoken to, so it contrasts with second-person “thou/you.”)
Teme
language
|religion
|literature
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
An old word that means “you” when speaking to one person, used as the subject of the verb.
An archaic and literary subject pronoun used to address one person informally, corresponding to modern “you.”
SUBSTANTIV
C1
INFORMAL
2
ezer
A1
Tipar de utilizare:
[number] thou
He put ten thou into the business and hoped it would grow.
Tízezret fektetett a vállalkozásba, és remélte, hogy növekedni fog.
The car cost me about fifteen thou, which was more than I planned.
Az autó körülbelül tizenötezerbe került, ami több volt, mint amennyit terveztem.
She said she wouldn’t take a job for less than thirty thou a year.
They lost a few thou on that bad investment.
I can lend you two thou until next month if you really need it.
Exemple pentru cursanți
He earns thirty thou a year in his new job.
Az új állásában évi harmincezret keres.
The ring is worth at least five thou.
A gyűrű legalább ötezret ér.
They saved ten thou to buy a house.
She borrowed two thou from her parents.
I don’t have a spare thou to spend on a new phone.
Greșeală frecventă:
Learners may think “thou” here still means the old pronoun “you.” In this sense it is a noun and is usually written after a number to mean “thousand,” mainly for money. It is informal and is not used in careful writing.
Sens
informal word for a thousand
Colocații
twenty thou
|a few thou
|earn [number] thou a year
|drop a couple of thou
|owe him five thou
Sinonime
thousand (Standard and neutral; unlike “thou,” it is not slangy or restricted to money talk.)
Antonime
zero (Represents no money at all, the opposite end of amount compared with “a thousand.”)
Teme
money
|daily life
|finance
|business
|core_vocabulary
Definiție
A short, casual way to say “one thousand,” usually about money.
An informal abbreviation for “thousand,” especially a thousand units of money such as pounds or dollars.
Gramatică
Forma de dicționar
thou
IPA
GB/ðˈaʊ/
US/ðˈaʊ/
Silabe și accent
thou (1 silabă)
Stress on 1st syllable (thou)
Forme ale cuvântului
Noun
- Base: thou
- Plural: thous
Familie de cuvinte
Forms
thous
noun
Expresii
holier than thou
1/hˈoʊliɚ ðən ðˈaʊ/
idiom
informal
acting morally superior to others
To behave as if you are better or more moral than other people, in a way that annoys them.
Exemple
- I can’t stand his holier than thou attitude about recycling.
- She sounded so holier than thou when she criticized everyone’s lifestyle choices.
- Stop being holier than thou; nobody is perfect.
thee and thou
1/ðˈi ˈænd θˈaʊ/
fixed phrase
literary
old-style second-person pronouns
A phrase used to talk about very old forms of English where people said “thee” and “thou” instead of “you.”
Exemple
- The play is written in full thee and thou style.
- Some people find all the thee and thou in old Bibles hard to understand.
- The teacher said the poet used thee and thou to sound more intimate and old-fashioned.
thou shalt not
1/ðˈaʊ ʃˈælt nˈɑt/
fixed phrase
archaic
strongly forbidding something
A very old-fashioned way to say that something is strongly not allowed, often used jokingly or when talking about religious rules.
Exemple
- In the Ten Commandments, many rules begin with “Thou shalt not.”
- Around here, thou shalt not speak during the movie is the first rule.
- He pointed to the sign as if it were a modern thou shalt not for the office.