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.
双语例句
1. Mr Thomas was taught by the Catholic nuns whose school he attended.
托马斯先生是在天主教修女创办的学校接受的教育。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Frankly, Thomas, this question of your loan is beginning to worry me.
老实讲，托马斯，你贷款的问题开始让我担心了。
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3. "He's a bit of an eccentric old fatty," Thomas thought, unkindly.
“他是一个有点古怪的胖老头。”托马斯不厚道地想。
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4. Mr Thomas would be given safe passage to and from Jaffna.
托马斯先生可以安全地往来于贾夫纳。
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5. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.
