释义 |
everwhere Related to everwhere: everywhereev·er·where E5260500 (ĕv′ər-wâr′, -hwâr′)adv. Chiefly Southern US 1. Everywhere.2. Wherever.Our Living Language Inversion is the linguistic process in which the two parts of a compound word are reversed. In the dialects of the southern Appalachians and the Ozarks, inversion occurs in the indefinite pronouns ending in -ever (whichever, whatever, whoever), yielding everwhich, everwhat, and everwho. Everwhere is an example of inversion when it means "wherever" but illustrates elision of an unstressed syllable when it means "everywhere."everwhere (ˈɛvəˌwɛə) advobsolete everywhere |