tithe: [OE] Originally, tithe meant simply a ‘tenth’ – a sense that has revived somewhat in recent years. The specific application to a ‘ten per-cent levy on annual production, paid to the Church’ dates from the 12th century. It comes from Old English tēotha ‘tenth’ (the modern English form tenth arose in the 12th century, through the influence of ten). => ten
tithe (n.)
a tenth part (originally of produce) due as support of the clergy, c. 1200, from Old English teogota (Anglian), teota (West Saxon) "tenth," from Proto-Germanic *teguntha, from PIE *dekmto-, from *dekm "ten" (see ten). Retained in ecclesiastical sense while the form was replaced in ordinal use by tenth.
tithe (v.)
Old English teotian "to pay one-tenth," from the root of tithe (n.). As "to impose a payment of a tenth," late 14c. Related: Tithed; tithing.
雙語例句
1. I haven't heard a tithe of it.
我一點也沒聽到過.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
2. Taxpayers can not get even a tithe of their money back.
納稅人連自己所付稅款的十分之一都拿不回來.
來自辭典例句
3. I cannot remember a tithe of it.
我一點兒也不記得了.
來自辭典例句
4. I don't know a tithe of it.
我一點兒不知道.
來自辭典例句
5. A . The Tithe is compulsory while the offering is voluntary.