quoth

英[kwəuθ]
美[kwəuθ]

意思解释

v. <古>说(用在第一与第三人称的过去式)

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.

用法例句

' Come away from him , do , miss dombey , ' quoth the matron .
“离开他,董贝小姐,照我的话做,”那位女监管人说道。
Quoth he , ' that 's for me , ' and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw .
“哈哈”他说“那是我的”。然后迅速把它从稻草中刨了出来。
' 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。
And it cannot come too soon , quoth this raven .
而且说来就来,这乌鸦如是说。
Quoth one paper : " we have received a letter from a gentleman who wrote a poem just like it , only better , some time ago . "
一家报纸说:“前不久我们收到一位先生寄来的信,他写了一首诗,很像布里森登,只是更加高明。”