| 单词 | how |
| 释义 | how how1 /how/, adv. 1. in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen? 2. to what extent, degree, etc.?: How damaged is the car? 3. in what state or condition?: How are you? 4. for what reason; why?: How can you talk such nonsense? 5. to what effect; with what meaning?: How is one to interpret his action? 6. what?: How do you mean? If they don't have vanilla, how about chocolate? 7. (used as an intensifier): How seldom I go there! 8. by what title or name?: How does one address the president? 9. at what price: How are the new cars going, cheaper than last year's models? 10. by what amount or in what measure or quantity?: How do you sell these tomatoes? 11. in what form or shape?: How does the demon appear in the first act of the opera? How does the medication come? 12. and how! Informal. certainly! you bet!: Am I happy? And how! 13. Here's how, Informal. (used as a toast). 14. how come? Informal. how is it that? why?: How come you never visit us anymore? 15. how so? how does it happen to be so? why?: You haven't any desire to go? How so? conj. 16. the manner or way in which: He couldn't figure out how to solve the problem. 17. about the manner, condition, or way in which: I don't care how you leave your desk when you go. Be careful how you act. 18. in whatever manner or way; however: You can travel how you please. 19. Informal. that: He told us how he was honest and could be trusted. n. 20. a question concerning the way or manner in which something is done, achieved, etc.: a child's unending whys and hows. 21. a way or manner of doing something: to consider all the hows and wherefores. 22. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter H. [bef. 900; ME how, hu, OE hu; c. OFris hu, ho, D hoe; akin to G wie (OHG hweo), Goth hwaiwa] how2 /how/, interj. Facetious. (used as a greeting in imitation of American Indian speech.) [1810-20; of uncert. orig.] how3 /how/, n., adj. Scot. and North Eng. howe. |
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