tho

副词 adv. 连词 conj. 代词 pron. 冠词
中文释义
英 /ðəʊ/    美 /ðoʊ/

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Then; thereupon. dialectal,not-comparable
    — 1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Foxː Tho went I near and found Master Reynard, that had left that he first read and sang, and began to play his old play.
  2. Alternative spelling of though. Internet,Philippines,US,also,alt-of
    — The English are told as children that maize is food for pigs, and tho Americans eat maizebread with pleasure and have recently done so to a huge extent in order to make possible exports of wheat to Europe, the English persist in their unfounded prejudice against it.
连词 conj.
  1. When. dialectal
代词 pron.
  1. Those; they. obsolete
冠词
  1. The (plural form); those. West-Country,obsolete

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“the, those”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *þai, from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian do (“the”, plural). Doublet of they.
词源 2
From Middle English tho, tha, from Old English þā (“then, when”), from Proto-Germanic *þa- (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, *só (“that”). See also German da (“then, thereupon”).
词源 3
Simplified reform spelling. Popular in American English in the earlier 20th century. Like thru, it failed to establish itself fully, but remains in informal contexts or where brevity is needed. Compare tho'.
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