unto

B2 FREQ #6473 ★☆☆☆☆

prep. 到, 对, 直到

发音

UK /ˈʌntʊ/
UK /-tuː/
UK /-tə/
US /ˈʌntə/
US /-tuː/
US /-tʊ/

别名

vnto

释义与例句

prep. B2
  1. 1.

    Up to; indicates a motion towards a thing and then stopping at it.

    古体 诗歌

    Sir Gawain rode unto the nearby castle.

  2. 2.

    To; indicates an indirect object.

    古体 诗歌

    And the Lord said unto Moses […]

  3. 3.

    Down to the last; encompassing even every.

    古体 诗歌
conj.
  1. 1.

    Up to the time or degree that; until.

    废旧 诗歌

    Unto This Last (John Ruskin)

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词源

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”).

来源:wiktionary