masc. proper name, from Greek Thomas, of Aramaic origin and said to mean "a twin" (John's gospel refers to Thomas as ho legomenos didymos "called the twin;" compare Syriac toma "twin," Arabic tau'am "twin"). Before the Conquest, found only as the name of a priest, but after 1066, one of the most common given names in English. Also see Tom, Tommy. Doubting Thomas is from John xx:25; A Thomist (1530s, from Medieval Latin Thomista, mid-14c.) is a follower of 13c. scholastic theologian St. Thomas Aquinas.
雙語例句
1. Mr Thomas was taught by the Catholic nuns whose school he attended.
托馬斯先生是在天主教修女創(chuàng)辦的學校接受的教育。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Frankly, Thomas, this question of your loan is beginning to worry me.
老實講，托馬斯，你貸款的問題開始讓我擔心了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. "He's a bit of an eccentric old fatty," Thomas thought, unkindly.
“他是一個有點古怪的胖老頭?！蓖旭R斯不厚道地想。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna.
托馬斯先生可以安全地往來于賈夫納。
來自柯林斯例句
5. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.