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methinks

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++me·thinks /mɪˈθɪŋks/ verb (past tense methought /-ˈθɔːt $ -ˈθɒːt/) [transitive] old use  THINK ABOUTI think 我想,据我看来 Methinks he is not mistaken. 据我看来他没有弄错。
Examples from the Corpus
methinksThey do with every other side - somehow methinks scum will avoid that on the whole.
Origin methinks Old English me thincth it seems to me, from thyncan to seem
me·thinks verbChineseSyllable
Corpus I think


methinks
methinks /mɪˈθɪŋks/ verb (past tense methought /-ˈθɔːt $ -ˈθɒːt/) [transitive] old use
 Language: Old English
 Origin: me thincth __it seems to me__, from thyncan __to seem__
I think:
    Methinks he is not mistaken.


me·thinksBrE /mɪˈθɪŋks/ 🔊NAmE /mɪˈθɪŋks/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they methinks BrE /mɪˈθɪŋks/ 🔊 NAmE /mɪˈθɪŋks/ 🔊past simple methought BrE /mɪˈθɔːt/ 🔊 NAmE /mɪˈθɔːt/ 🔊 (not used in the perfect tenses 不用于完成时) [intransitive, transitive] ~ (that) (old use or humorous) I think 我想;我以为;据我看来