Thomas是什么意思

Thomas

英 ['t?m?s] 美

Thomas: 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.

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(xué)校接受的教育。

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(dān)心了。

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。

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。

5. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction.: 托馬斯和夫人得意地互相望了一眼。