both

连词 conj. 代词 pron. 限定词 det.
中文释义
英 [bəʊθ]    美 [boʊθ]|[bɐʉθ]|/boʊlθ/|/bolθ/|[boʊɫθ]|[boːɫθ]

英文释义

连词 conj.
  1. Including both of (used with and).
    — I (can) both sing and dance.
  2. Including all of (used with and). obsolete
    — […] having much aduantage both in number, valure, and forepreparation […]
代词 pron.
  1. Each of the two, or of the two kinds.
    — Did you want this one or that one? ―Give me both.
限定词 det.
  1. Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
    — Both (the/my) children are such dolls.

词形变化

bothe alternative bothe alternative bothe alternative

词汇关系

相关词
2 2nd couple double dual neither pair second twice two

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.
词源 2
From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.
词源 3
From Middle English bothe, boþe, from Old English bā þā (“both the; both those”) and possibly reinforced by Old Norse báðir, from Proto-Germanic *bai. Cognate with Saterland Frisian bee (“both”), West Frisian beide (“both”), Dutch beide (“both”), German beide (“both”), Swedish både, båda, Danish både, Norwegian både, Icelandic báðir. Replaced Middle English bō, from Old English bā, a form of Old English bēġen. A remnant of the Indo-European dual grammatical number.
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