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单词 to-and-fro
释义
to and froto and fro1 /ˌtuː ən ˈfrəʊ $ -ˈfroʊ/ adverb Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A monkey ran to and fro.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Later in the morning the sightseers walk to and fro, gaping at the white luxury yachts.
  • Of course you could also be looking for work at home, where the ability to travel to and fro is immaterial.
  • On the first Sunday in May, he attended services at Trinity Church, walking the six blocks to and fro.
  • Police vans drove slowly to and fro, ready to pounce on their prey.
  • She smelled the salt, and imagined the dock rocking gently to and fro.
  • The smoke drifted to and fro among us.
  • The title of the abandoned book whose pages still swung to and fro like undulating fronds of seaweed in a dead sea?
  • We all began to rock to and fro and feel more cheerful; all except Wardlaw, that is.
if someone or something moves to and fro, they move in one direction and then back again SYN  backwards and forwardsto-and-fro adjective
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