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 thus /ˈðʌs/
 (ad.)如此,這樣;因而,從而;例如

 Thus n.  The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

 Thus adv.
 1. In this or that manner; on this wise.
    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.   --Gen. vi. 22.
    Thus God the heaven created, thus the earth.   --Milton.
 2. To this degree or extent; so far; so; as, thus wise; thus peaceble; thus bold.
    Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds.   --Milton.
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 thus
      n : 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]
      adv 1: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or
             reason or as a result; "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]
      2: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the
         pieces thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thusly,
          so]