中英互译
forsooth
英 /fəˈsuːθ/美 /fərˈsuːθ/
基本释义
- adv.真正,确实(常表示轻蔑、怀疑)
双语例句
- What would you have forsooth, grasshopper?那你想吃点啥呢,蚂蚱?
- If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth, you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego this summer: but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless.如果你被挑选为市镇的办事员,那你今夏就不能到火地岛去旅行,但你很可能到地狱的火里去。
同义词
英英释义
- adv.an archaic word originally meaning `in truth' but now usually used to express disbelief
词源
- forsooth来自中世纪英语for + sothe("truth")
- forsooth确实for-, 完全的。sooth, 真实。
- forsoothFrom Middle English for + sothe (“truth”)