to and fro

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position. May refer to a concept such as an emotional state or a relationship as well as a physical thing. dated
    — My life's a maze of seeming traps, A scene of mercies and mishaps; A heap of jarring to and fros, A field of joys, A field of woes.
动词 v.
  1. To go back and forth; to alternate. idiomatic
    — "For a while I didn't tell anyone on the ward where I was going, but my toing and froing made people curious and eventually I confided in a few."
形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to something or someone moving forward and back to the same position. dated,not-comparable
    — The next day he had more power of moving his limbs, and the to and fro sound was thought to be a little less distinct.
副词 adv.
  1. Back and forth; with a reciprocating motion. not-comparable
    — A light tossing to and fro and still rapidly advancing showed that one of the newcomers carried a lantern.

词形变化

to-and-fro alternative tos and fros present,singular,third-person to and fros present,singular,third-person toing and froing participle,present to and froing participle,present toed and froed participle,past toed and froed past to and froed participle,past to and froed past to-and-fro alternative to-and-fro alternative to and fros plural tos and fros plural to-and-fro alternative
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