英语词汇“where”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	where
释义	where I. \(\|)hw]e(ə)r, (\|)w], ]eə sometimes ]a(a)(ə)r or ]a (a)ə; when completely unstressed often (h)wə(r); more often under secondary than primary stress (h)wər(.) or (h)wə̄\ adverb Etymology: Middle English where, wher, from Old English hwǣr; akin to Old High German hwār where, Old Norse hvar, Gothic hwar where, Sanskrit karhi when, Old English hwā who — more at who 1. a. (1) : at or in what place < where do you think you are > < asked him where he lived > < where's the fire > (2) : in what situation, position, or circumstances : at what point < where, precisely, should a man's crusading zeal abate — Lucien Price > < where else numerically are you going to draw the line — Weston La Barre > (3) : in what respect or particular < does not hesitate, as he looks back, to admit where he was wrong — Times Literary Supplement > b. : to what or which place : in what or which direction : to what goal or result : whither < where are you rushing > < doesn't know where he is heading > c. : from what place or source < where did he get such an absurd idea > 2. archaic : here, there — used to call attention to something or indicate direction of movement < but soft, behold! lo, where it comes again — Shakespeare > 3. : at which part, stage, or passage < I forget where we were reading > II. conjunction Etymology: Middle English where, wher, from Old English hwǣr, from hwǣr, adverb 1. a. : at or in the place in which < where you lodge I will lodge — Ruth 1:16 (Revised Standard Version) > b. : to the place at, in, or to which < where you go I will go — Ruth 1:16 (Revised Standard Version) > : a place at, in, or to which < couldn't see well from where he was sitting > c. : at the part, stage, or passage at which < toward the end of the book, where the author tells of the heroine's return home > 2. : wherever < removed all restrictions on his movements and permitted him to go where he wished > 3. : at or in which place < the room where he was working > < the store where she bought her clothes > 4. : whereas < where she was fascinated by people he shows here only a laboriously sophisticated amusement — Anthony Quinton > 5. a. : under conditions in which : in circumstances in which < it is unfortunately necessary to determine this where the custody of the children is involved — Louis Auchincloss > b. : in the respect in which < where others are weak, he is strong > c. : so far as : to the extent that < the prospects … were truly and literally hopeless, where England was concerned — Sacheverell Sitwell > d. : of such a sort that < limited definition to such explanations of the meaning of a symbol as asserted the equivalence of two expressions; where the defining expression had to contain more symbols than the defined expression — R.G.F.Robinson > III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English where, wher, from where, wher, adverb : location, place; especially : the place in which something mentioned is or occurs < discussed the where and how of the accident > IV. pronoun Etymology: where (I) : what or which place < where did you come from > V. noun • - where it's at
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