tithe: [OE] Originally, tithe meant simply a ‘tenth’ – a sense that has revived somewhat in recent years. The specific application to a ‘ten per-cent levy on annual production, paid to the Church’ dates from the 12th century. It comes from Old English tēotha ‘tenth’ (the modern English form tenth arose in the 12th century, through the influence of ten). => ten
tithe (n.)
a tenth part (originally of produce) due as support of the clergy, c. 1200, from Old English teogoþa (Anglian), teoþa (West Saxon) "tenth," from Proto-Germanic *teguntha, from PIE *dekmto-, from *dekm "ten" (see ten). Retained in ecclesiastical sense while the form was replaced in ordinal use by tenth.
tithe (v.)
Old English teoþian "to pay one-tenth," from the root of tithe (n.). As "to impose a payment of a tenth," late 14c. Related: Tithed; tithing.
实用例句
1. I haven't heard a tithe of it.
我一点也没听到过.来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2. Taxpayers can not get even a tithe of their money back.
纳税人连自己所付税款的十分之一都拿不回来.来自辞典例句
3. I cannot remember a tithe of it.
我一点儿也不记得了.来自辞典例句
4. I don't know a tithe of it.
我一点儿不知道.来自辞典例句
5. A . The Tithe is compulsory while the offering is voluntary.
