quoth

• vt. 说

来自古英语cwaeth,说过，声称，声明，来自PIE*gwet,说，词源同bequeath.

quoth

quoth: see bequeath

quoth (v.)

Old English cw, third person singular past tense of cwean "to say, speak; name, call; declare, proclaim" (Middle English quethan), from Proto-Germanic *kwithan (cognates: Old Saxon quethan, Old Norse kvea, Old Frisian quetha, Old High German quedan, Gothic qian), from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak" (see bequeath). Compare also archaic quotha "said he" (1510s) for Old English cwe ge "think you?"

1. "I blame the selectors," quoth he.

“我认为错在那些遴选者，”他说。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 'Ask your pardon , sir, you would be very wrong,'quoth Silver.

“ 请恕我直言, 先生, 那样你就大错特错了. ”

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

3. Quoth the raven , nevermore ! - E . A . Poe.

决不再说黑无呀! -E.A.波尔.

来自互联网

4. Quoth the raven, nevermore!

乌鸦说, 永不复还!

来自互联网