unto

介词 prep. 连词 conj.
/ˈʌntʊ/|/-tuː/|/-tə/    /ˈʌntə/|/-tuː/|/-tʊ/

英文释义

介词 prep.
  1. Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it. archaic,poetic
    — Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.
  2. To; indicates an indirect object. archaic,poetic
    — And the Lord said unto Moses […]
  3. Down to the last; encompassing even every. archaic,poetic
    — ⁠I do but sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing: And unto one her note is gay, ⁠For now her little ones have ranged; ⁠And unto one her note is changed, Because her brood is stol’n away.
连词 conj.
  1. Up to the time or degree that; until. obsolete,poetic
    — Unto This Last (John Ruskin)

词形变化

vnto alternative,obsolete vnto alternative,obsolete

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”).
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English unto, from Old English *untō, *und tō, equivalent to un- (“against; toward; up to”) + to. Cognate with Old Frisian ont to ("until"; > Saterland Frisian antou (“until”)) (cf. Old Frisian und (“up to; till”), Old Frisian til (“till; to”)), Old Saxon untō, untuo (“until”), Old High German unze, unzi, unza (“until”), Old Norse und (“as far as; up to”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌴 (untē, “until; as long as”).
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