英文词源
- Thomas
- masc. proper name, from Greek Thomas, of Aramaic origin and said to mean "a twin" (John's gospel refers to Thomas as ho legomenos didymos "called the twin;" compare Syriac toma "twin," Arabic tau'am "twin"). Before the Conquest, found only as the name of a priest, but after 1066, one of the most common given names in English. Also see Tom, Tommy. Doubting Thomas is from John xx:25; A Thomist (1530s, from Medieval Latin Thomista, mid-14c.) is a follower of 13c. scholastic theologian St. Thomas Aquinas.
实用例句
- 1. Mr Thomas was taught by the Catholic nuns whose school he attended.
- 托马斯先生是在天主教修女创办的学校接受的教育。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Frankly, Thomas, this question of your loan is beginning to worry me.
- 老实讲，托马斯，你贷款的问题开始让我担心了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. "He's a bit of an eccentric old fatty," Thomas thought, unkindly.
- “他是一个有点古怪的胖老头。”托马斯不厚道地想。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna.
- 托马斯先生可以安全地往来于贾夫纳。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.
- 托马斯和夫人得意地互相望了一眼。
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