where 音標拼音: [w'ɛr] [hw'ɛr]
ad . 在哪里,往哪里
conj . 在…的地方
pron . 哪里
在哪裡,往哪裡在…的地方 哪裡
where *
Wher \
Wher \,
Where \
Where \,
pron . &
conj . [
See {
Whether }.]
Whether . [
Sometimes written {
whe '
r }.] [
Obs .] --
Piers Plowman .
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Men must enquire (
this is mine assent ),
Wher she be wise or sober or dronkelewe . --
Chaucer .
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Where \
Where \,
adv . [
OE .
wher ,
whar ,
AS .
hw ?
r ;
akin to D .
waar ,
OS .
hw ?
r ,
OHG .
hw [=
a ]
r ,
w [=
a ]
r ,
w [=
a ],
G .
wo ,
Icel .
and Sw .
hvar ,
Dan .
hvor ,
Goth .
hwar ,
and E .
who ;
cf .
Skr .
karhi when .
[
root ]
182 .
See {
Who },
and cf . {
There }.]
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1 .
At or in what place ;
hence ,
in what situation ,
position ,
or circumstances ; --
used interrogatively .
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God called unto Adam , . . .
Where art thou ? --
Gen .
iii .
9 .
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Note :
See the Note under {
What },
pron .,
1 .
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2 .
At or in which place ;
at the place in which ;
hence ,
in the case or instance in which ; --
used relatively .
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She visited that place where first she was so happy .
--
Sir P .
Sidney .
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Where I thought the remnant of mine age Should have been cherished by her childlike duty .
--
Shak .
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Where one on his side fights ,
thousands will fly .
--
Shak .
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But where he rode one mile ,
the dwarf ran four .
--
Sir W .
Scott .
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3 .
To what or which place ;
hence ,
to what goal ,
result ,
or issue ;
whither ; --
used interrogatively and relatively ;
as ,
where are you going ?
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But where does this tend ? --
Goldsmith .
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Lodged in sunny cleft ,
Where the gold breezes come not . --
Bryant .
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Note :
Where is often used pronominally with or without a preposition ,
in elliptical sentences for a place in which ,
the place in which ,
or what place .
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The star . . .
stood over where the young child was . --
Matt .
ii .
9 .
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The Son of man hath not where to lay his head .
--
Matt .
viii .
20 .
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Within about twenty paces of where we were .
--
Goldsmith .
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Where did the minstrels come from ? --
Dickens .
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Note :
Where is much used in composition with preposition ,
and then is equivalent to a pronoun .
Cf . {
Whereat },
{
Whereby }, {
Wherefore }, {
Wherein },
etc .
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{
Where away } (
Naut .),
in what direction ;
as ,
where away is the land ?
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Syn :
See {
Whither }.
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Where \
Where \,
conj .
Whereas .
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And flight and die is death destroying death ;
Where fearing dying pays death servile breath . --
Shak .
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Where \
Where \,
n .
Place ;
situation . [
Obs .
or Colloq .]
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Finding the nymph asleep in secret where . --
Spenser .
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Whereabout
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