| 释义 |
the1 /dhē (emphatic), dhə or dhi, dhē/ (before vowels) demonstrative adj- Called the definite article, used to refer to a particular person or thing, or a group of things, already mentioned, implied or known
- Used to refer to a unique person or thing
- Used before a singular noun to refer to all the members of that group or class
- Used before a singular noun to denote a species
- Used before certain titles and proper names
- Used before an adjective or noun describing an identified person
- Used after a preposition to refer to a unit of time, quantity, etc
- Used before a noun denoting a profession or activity
- (usu stressed) the best (informal)
- My, our (informal or facetious)
- Used instead of the pfx to-, this (Scot; as the day today, the night tonight, the morn tomorrow, the morn's morn tomorrow morning, the year this year)
ORIGIN: OE the (supplanting se), masc of thæt that the2 /dhə/ adverb- (with comparatives) (by) how much
- (by) so much
- Used before superlative adjectives and adverbs to indicate an amount beyond all others
ORIGIN: OE thy by that, by that much, the instrumental case of the definite article |