why

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #73 ★★★★★

adv. 为什么 n. 原因, 理由

发音

其它 /wæ/
US
UK /waɪ/
US /waɪ/
SCOT /ʍaˑe/

词形变化

whys 复数 why's 复数 whies 复数 whied whies whyed whying whys 三单 whys whies 三单 whying 现在分词 whyed 过去式 whyed 过去分词 whied 过去式 whied 过去分词

别名

hwy y

教材释义与例句

副词

为什么

used to ask or talk about the reason for something

感叹词

哎呀！什么？

used when you are surprised or have suddenly realized something

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Reason.

    A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.

    I don't want to know the whys or the wherefores of your decision.

  2. 1.

    A young heifer.

    废旧
  3. 1.

    Alternative form of wye; the name of the Latin script letter Y/y.

v.
  1. 1.

    To ask (someone) the question "why?".

    不及物 及物
adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    For what cause, reason, or purpose.

    Introducing a complete question.

    为何

    为什么

    怎么

    干嘛

    为啥

    点解

    为乜

    做乜

    做乜嘢

    做咩

    做么个

    物代

    为什物

    为啥物

    是按怎

    因何

    啥体

    为么子

    何解

    Why is the sky blue?

    Why did you do that?

    I don’t know why he did that

    Tell me why the moon changes phase.

    Why do you have a map of the world?

  2. 2.

    For what cause, reason, or purpose.

    Introducing a complete question.

    With a negative, used rhetorically to make a suggestion.

    Why don't you ask her out for dinner?

  3. 3.

    For what cause, reason, or purpose.

    Introducing a verb phrase (bare infinitive clause).

    Why spend money on something you already get for free?

    Why not tell him how you feel?

  4. 4.

    For what cause, reason, or purpose.

    Introducing a noun or other phrase.

    Why him? Why not someone taller?

  5. 5.

    For which cause, reason, or purpose.

    That's the reason why I did that.

  6. 6.

    The cause, reason, or purpose for which.

    That is why the sky is blue.

interj.
  1. 1.

    An exclamation used to express pleasant or unpleasant mild surprise, indignation, or impatience.

    过时 文学

    Why, that’s ridiculous!

    Why, how kind of you!

    Why yes, that’s true.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

wherefore

上位词 3

reason ground occasion

相关短语

why not 何妨；何不 why on Earth why in God's name why and wherefore why aye why God invented why oh why why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free why not Zoidberg why keep a dog and bark yourself why buy a book when you can join a library why in the world why me 为什么是我 why buy a book when you can join the library why come

词源

From Middle English why, from Old English hwȳ (“why”), from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, instrumental case of *kʷís (“who”), *kʷid (“what”). Cognate with Old Saxon hwī (“why”), hwiu (“how; why”), Middle High German wiu (“how, why”), archaic Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hvi (“why”), Norwegian Nynorsk kvi (“why”), Swedish vi (“why”), Faroese and Icelandic hví (“why”), Latin quī (“why”), Doric Greek πεῖ (peî, “where”), Ukrainian чи (čy, “if”), Polish czy, Czech či (“or”), Serbo-Croatian či (“if”). Compare Old English þȳ (“because, since, on that account, therefore, then”, literally “by that, for that”). See thy.

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