where

名词 n. 副词 adv. 连词 conj. 代词 pron.
中文释义
英 /wɛː/|/ˈwɛə/    美 /ˈweː/|[ˈweː]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The place in which something happens.
    — A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
副词 adv.
  1. In, at or to what place. interrogative,not-comparable
    — Where are you?
  2. In what situation. not-comparable
    — Where would we be without our parents?
  3. In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that). not-comparable
    — Stay where you are.
  4. In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere. not-comparable
    — Please sit where you like.
  5. In, at or to which. not-comparable,relative
    — This is the place where we first met.
  6. The place in, at or to which. not-comparable
    — He lives within five miles of where he was born.
  7. A situation or case in which. informal,not-comparable
    — A function is where two variables are related.
  8. In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which. not-comparable
    — You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.
连词 conj.
  1. While on the contrary; although; whereas.
    — And flight and die is death destroying death; Where fearing dying pays death servile breath.
  2. That. informal
    — I read where they caught the guy.
代词 pron.
  1. What place. interrogative
    — Where did you come from?

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Germanic *hwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-r
Proto-Germanic *-r
Proto-Germanic *hwar
Proto-West Germanic *hwār
Old English hwǣr
Middle English wher
English where
From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Germanic *hwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-r
Proto-Germanic *-r
Proto-Germanic *hwar
Proto-West Germanic *hwār
Old English hwǣr
Middle English wher
English where
From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Germanic *hwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-r
Proto-Germanic *-r
Proto-Germanic *hwar
Proto-West Germanic *hwār
Old English hwǣr
Middle English wher
English where
From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
词源 4
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís
Proto-Germanic *hwaz
Proto-Indo-European *-r
Proto-Germanic *-r
Proto-Germanic *hwar
Proto-West Germanic *hwār
Old English hwǣr
Middle English wher
English where
From Middle English wher, from Old English hwǣr (“where”, literally “at what place”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwār, from Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- (interrogative pronoun).
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