masc. proper name, from French Timothée, from Latin Timotheus, from Greek Timotheos, literally "honoring God," from time "honor, respect" (see timocracy) + theos "god" (see theo-).
timothy (n.)
1747, short for timothy grass (1736), American English name for "cat-tail grass" (Phleum pratense), a native British grass introduced to the American colonies and cultivated there from c. 1720. Said since 1765 to be so called for a certain Timothy Hanson, who is said to have promoted it in the Carolinas as an agricultural plant.
1. Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running.
由于太累了,蒂莫西哭的一把鼻涕一把泪。
来自柯林斯例句
2. "Hey, listen to me, all that 1980 nonsense is over."— 'If only. Timothy. if only.'
masc. proper name, from French Timothée, from Latin Timotheus, from Greek Timotheos, literally "honoring God," from time "honor, respect" (see timocracy) + theos "god" (see theo-).
timothy (n.)
1747, short for timothy grass (1736), American English name for "cat-tail grass" (Phleum pratense), a native British grass introduced to the American colonies and cultivated there from c. 1720. Said since 1765 to be so called for a certain Timothy Hanson, who is said to have promoted it in the Carolinas as an agricultural plant.
双语例句
1. Timothy was crying, mostly from exhaustion, and his nose was running.
由于太累了,蒂莫西哭的一把鼻涕一把泪。
来自柯林斯例句
2. "Hey, listen to me, all that 1980 nonsense is over."— 'If only. Timothy. if only.'