释义
[ her-self ] SHOW IPA
/ hərˈsɛlf / PHONETIC RESPELLING
pronoun an emphatic appositive of her or she: She herself wrote the letter.
a reflexive form of her: She supports herself.
(used in absolute constructions): Herself still only a child, she had to take care of her four younger brothers and sisters.
(used as the object of a preposition or as the direct or indirect object of a verb): She gave herself a facial massage. He asked her for a picture of herself.
(used in comparisons after as or than ): She found out that the others were even more nervous than herself.
her normal or customary self: After a few weeks of rest, she will be herself again.
Origin of herself before 1000; Middle English hire-selfe, Old English hire self. See her, self
usage note for herself See myself.
Words nearby herself herry, hers, hersage, Herschel, Hers disease, herself , Hersey, Hershey, Herskowitz, Herstmonceux, herstory
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for herself Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America? | Emily Shire| January 7, 2015| DAILY BEAST
Iggy Azalea herself might not even understand how polarizing and important a figure Iggy Azalea has become.
The Cultural Crimes of Iggy Azalea | Amy Zimmerman| December 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Kirke, the 23-year-old younger sister of Girls star Jemima Kirke, is a good example of that herself .
‘Mozart in the Jungle’: Inside Amazon’s Brave New World of Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music | Kevin Fallon| December 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Mired in ideological warfare, America faces her most formidable opponent yet— herself .
The Post-Brown and Garner Question: Who ‘Deserves’ to Die? | Goldie Taylor| December 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Speaking of Grandma, The Wireless Joey is so simple she can install it herself .
New Innovations Let You Watch TV Anywhere You Go | | December 8, 2014| DAILY BEAST
That slender slip of a woman does almost all their farm work, herself ?
Dorothy on a House Boat | Evelyn Raymond
She smiled a little to herself as she recalled that infatuation; how long ago it seemed.
Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir | May Agnes Fleming
He was going to tell her to get it, but she guessed it herself .
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus | Laura Lee Hope
Miss Mitford says somewhere,—to no one better than to herself does this apply.
Our Village | Mary Russell Mitford
She longed so to gather them all to herself , and take them home, and make a Christmas for them!
Faith Gartney's Girlhood | Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
SEE MORE EXAMPLES SEE FEWER EXAMPLES
British Dictionary definitions for herself pronoun the reflexive form of she or her (intensifier) the queen herself signed the letter (preceded by a copula) her normal or usual self she looks herself again after the operation
Irish and Scot the wife or woman of the house is herself at home?
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012