whence
英[wens]
美[w?ns]
- n. 根源
- adv. 從何處
- pron. 何處
- conj. 由此
中文詞源
whence 從何處，從哪里
when,來自其原始含義之一，哪里，詞源同where,何處，哪里，-ce,屬格后綴。
英文詞源
- whence (adv., conj.)
- early 13c., whennes, with adverbial genitive -s, from Old English hwanone, related to hw?nne (see when). Spelling with -ce (1520s) reflects the voiceless pronunciation.
雙語例句
- 1. No one ordered him back whence he came.
- 沒有人命令過他從哪里來回哪里去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. They returned whence they had come.
- 他們從哪里來又回到哪里去了。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
- 姑娘個個好, 潑婦何處來?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Let him return to the place whence he came.
- 讓他回到他所來的地方.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.
- 他不知道從哪里來,到哪里去.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》