tidings: [OE] Tidings is etymologically ‘that which happens’. It is closely related to English tide, in the sense ‘happen’ (as in betide). It was adapted from Old Norse títhendi ‘happenings, events, news’, a derivative of the adjective títhr ‘happening’. A similar semantic development from ‘events’ to ‘news of events’ lies behind the related German zeitung ‘newspaper’.
tidings (n.)
"announcement of an event," c. 1200, from late Old English tidung "event, occurrence, piece of news," verbal noun from Old English tidan "to happen," or in part from Old Norse tieendi (plural) "events, news," from tier (adj.) "occurring," from PIE *di-ti- (see tide (n.)). Similar formation in Norwegian tidende "tidings, news," Dutch tijding, German Zeitung "newspaper."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He hated always to be the bearer of bad tidings.
他討厭總是帶去壞消息。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. I am the bearer of good tidings .
我?guī)?lái)了好消息。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The good tidings filled the whole nation with joy.
捷報(bào)傳來(lái),全國(guó)人民無(wú)不歡欣鼓舞.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. It is greeted throughout the country as tidings of great joy.