thence

1. ADV Thence means from a particular place, especially when you are giving directions about how to get somewhere. 從那里[文學(xué)性，老式]

I ran straight up to Columbia County, then turned East, came down the Harlem Valley and thence home. 我一直跑到哥倫比亞縣，然后向東轉(zhuǎn)，沿著哈勒姆山谷，從那里跑回家。

2. ADV Thence is used to say that something changes from one state or condition to another. 然后; 接著[文學(xué)性，老式]

...the conversion of sunlight into heat and thence into electricity. ...將太陽能轉(zhuǎn)化成熱能，然后再轉(zhuǎn)化成電能。