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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
thus
an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation • Syn: frankincense, olibanum, gum olibanum • Derivationally related forms: thurify • Hypernyms: gum
1. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result (Freq. 90) - therefore X must be true - the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory - we were young and thence optimistic - it is late and thus we must go - the witness is biased and so cannot be trusted • Syn: therefore, hence, thence, so 2. in the way indicated (Freq. 55) - hold the brush so - set up the pieces thus ('thusly' is a nonstandard variant) • Syn: thusly, so
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