【then音标】 英[ðen] 美[ðen]
【单词释义】 then是什么意思：
adv.然后；那时；那么；话说回来
adj.当时的；那时的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【then形近词/近似词】
pen n.笔；钢笔 vt.写；把…关入栏中；关押，囚禁
den n.兽穴，兽窝；（尤指不法分子聚集的）窝点 vi.穴居；进窝（冬眠）；把…赶入洞中
ten num.十
when adv.什么时候；何时 pron.什么时候 conj.在…时
hen n.母鸡
ken n.知识范围；理解范围 v.知道；懂得
【常用短语】
and then 于是，然后
now and then 不时地；常常
【单词例句】
◇ Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your grandmother.
在路上要好好走，不要跑，也不要离开大路，否则你会摔跤的，那样奶奶就甚么也吃不上了。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ "Once the clock strikes twelve the spell will be broken. Don't forget and come before then." As soon as Cinderella arrived at the ball everyone's eyes starred at her. "Ah! Who can that lovely girl be?" The prince asked Cinderella to dance. The two danced happily.
“一旦时钟指向十二点钟，这个魔法就会失效。别忘了，在那之前一定要赶回来，“灰姑娘一出现在舞池时，所有人都在盯着她。“天啊!那个漂亮的女孩是谁啊?”王子过来邀请灰姑娘跳舞。两个人忘情的跳起舞来。
---- Cinderella
◇ He circled around and around in the water like a wheel, craning his neck out into the air after them. Then he uttered the shriek so piercing and so strange that he was quite frightened by himself.
他在水上像一个车轮似地不停地旋转着，同时，把自己的颈项高高地向他们伸着，发出一种响亮的怪叫声，连他自己也吓着了。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ Then the match went out, and there remained nothing but the thick, damp, cold wall before her.
就在这时，火柴熄灭了，留在她面前的，只是一堵又厚又冷的墙。
◇ But then the Rabbit took a watch out of its pocket,looked at it,and hurried on.At once Alice jumped to her feet.
然后兔子从自己的口袋里掏出一块表，看了看，赶紧走了。爱丽丝立刻跳了起来。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ She said, "Snow-white is not more beautiful than I am. There is no one who is more beautiful than I am."Then the Queen sat on her bed and cried.
她说:“白雪公主没有我漂亮，没有一个人比我更漂亮。”然后，王后坐在床上哭了。
---- Snow White
◇ In fact, "brushing your teeth" is something of a misnomer. "Think of brushing your gumline, rather than the teeth themselves," says Hirschfeld. "The teeth will then be brushed automatically."
实际上，“刷牙”这个词有点用词不当。赫希菲尔德说：“刷牙该刷的是牙龈，而不是牙齿本身。在刷牙龈时牙齿也会被刷到。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ But Marguerite did not answer him; she was offended that he should call her a woman when she was only a girl; and there is a great difference. He asked her a second time, and then a third; but she remained dumb, and answered not a word.
可是“玛加丽特”不回答他。她很生气，因为她还不过是一个少女，而他却已把她称为“女人”；这究竟有一个分别呀。他问了第二次，第三次。
---- The Butterfly
◇ One day the king said to his wife, "If our thirteenth child, which you are soon going to bring into the world, is a girl, then the twelve others shall die, so that her wealth may be great, and so that she alone may inherit the kingdom."
一天，国王对王后说：“你快要生第十三个孩子了。要是这个孩子是个女孩，我就下令杀掉那十二个男孩，好让她得到更多的财产，并且让她继承王位。”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ One day, the king' s daughter went into the forest when it was very hot. She sat down on the side of the cool fountain. Then she began to toss a golden ball in the air, and catch it. It was a most interesting game to her.
有一天，天气很热，国王的小女儿到森林里去。她坐在清凉的喷水池旁边。然后她开始往空中抛金球，再把它接住。对她来说，这是非常有趣的游戏。
---- The Frog Prince