where

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #88 ★★★★★

adv. 在哪里 pron. 哪里 n. 地点

发音

UK /wɛə(ɹ)/
UK /wɛə(ɹ)/
US /wɛə(ɹ)/
US /wɛə(ɹ)/
AU /weː/
SCOT /ʍeɹ/

词形变化

wheres 复数 wheres

别名

quhair quhar W5 quher quhere wgat whar wheah whear

教材释义与例句

名词

地点

副词

在哪里

in or to which place

连词

在…的地方

代词

哪里

释义与例句

n.
  1. 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.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    In, at or to what place.

    哪里

    哪儿

    哪

    何处

    边度

    边处

    底所

    哪仔

    哪位

    佗位

    佗

    佗落

    佗位仔

    呢底

    阿里

    Where are you?

    He asked where I grew up.

    Where are you going?

    Where you going?

    I've forgotten where I was in this book, but it was probably around chapter four.

    I hardly knew where I was going.

  2. 2.

    In what situation.

    哪里

    哪儿

    Where would we be without our parents?

  3. 3.

    In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that).

    Stay where you are.

    Go back where you came from.

    Let's go where it's warmer.

  4. 4.

    In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere.

    哪里

    哪儿

    边度

    边处

    底所

    哪仔

    哪位

    佗位

    啥地方

    阿里

    Please sit where you like.

    Their job is to go where they are called.

  5. 5.

    In, at or to which.

    This is the place where we first met.

    He is looking for a house where he can have a complete office.

    That's the place where we went on holiday.

    Here's a picture of York, where I was born.

    Show me an example where it happened that way.

  6. 6.

    The place in, at or to which.

    哪里

    哪儿

    那里

    那儿

    边度

    边处

    底所

    哪仔

    哪位

    佗位

    啥地方

    阿里

    He lives within five miles of where he was born.

    This is a photo of where I went on holiday.

  7. 7.

    A situation or case in which.

    非正式

    A function is where two variables are related.

  8. 8.

    In a/the situation, position, case, etc. in which.

    You cannot be too careful where explosives are involved.

    Where no provision under this Act is applicable, the case shall be decided in accordance with the customary practices.

conj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    While on the contrary; although; whereas.

    Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.

    Where Susy has trouble coloring inside the lines, Johnny has already mastered shading.

  2. 2.

    That.

    非正式

    I read where they caught the guy.

pron.
  1. 1.

    What place.

    Where did you come from?

    Where are you at?

    Where are you off to?

    Where you off to?

    Do you know where you came from?

相关短语

where is the toilet 厕所在哪里？ where the sun don't shine where are you from 你是哪里人？ where the sun doesn't shine where there's smoke, there's fire 无风不起浪 where you at where it counts where there is a will where there is a will there is a way 有志者事竟成 where there's a will there's a way where there is a will, there is a way

词源

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 *kʷo- (interrogative pronoun).

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