英:[wens]
美:[hwɛns, wɛns]
英:[wens]
美:[hwɛns, wɛns]
adverb
from what place, source, or cause
then whence comes this paradox—Changing Times
conjunction
from what place, source, or cause
inquired whence the water came—Maria Edgeworth
from or out of which place, source, or cause
the lawless society whence the ballads sprang—DeLancey Ferguson
by reason of which fact
nothing broke—whence I infer that my bones are not yet chalky—O. W. Holmes †1935
13世纪初,带有副词性属格 -s 的 whennes,源自古英语 hwanone,与 hwænne 相关(参见 when)。拼写为 -ce(1520年代)反映了无声发音。
Adverb Middle English whennes, from whenne whence (from Old English hwanon) + -s, adverb suffix, from -s, genitive singular ending; akin to Old High German hwanān whence, Old English hwā who
The first known use of whence was in the 13th century
wherebyconjunction
by, through, or in agreement with which
whereatconjunction
at or toward which
as a result of which
whereasconjunction
in view of the fact that : since
while just the opposite
water puts out fire, whereas gasoline feeds it
whereabouts1 of 2adverb
about where
whereabouts is the house
whereabouts2 of 2plural or singular noun
the place where a person or thing is
do you know their whereabouts
where1 of 3adverb
at, in, or to what place
where are we going
at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, or circumstances
where will this course of action lead
where2 of 3conjunction
at, in, or to what place
knows where the house is
at, in, or to what situation, position, direction, or circumstances
see where that behavior leads
wherever entry 2 sense 1
sit where you please
at, in, or to which place
the town where we live
at, in, or to the place at, in, or to which
stay where you are
in a situation or circumstances in which
no good where careful work is needed
where3 of 3noun
what place, source, or cause
where are you from
whensoeverconjunction
whenever
whenever1 of 2conjunction
at any or every time that
stop whenever you wish
whenever2 of 2adverb
at whatever time
come tomorrow or whenever
whence1 of 2adverb
from what place, source, or cause
whence come all these doubts
whence2 of 2conjunction
from or out of which place, source, or cause
the land whence they came
1 Beijing, whence the land of splendor and magtificence?
北京这片山川形胜地是如何形成的?
2 Our culture is accepting of this to a point, depending on from whence those immigrants came and when they got here.
3 He has fallen from grace but he was lifted to that place from whence he fell by a great many hands, including his own.
4 The overwhelming feeling among the council members was that these remains should be “repatriated” back at bedrock at ground zero from whence they came.
5 “Europeras” — which suggests the phrase “your operas” — amounted to a rejection of European art, returning it whence it came.
6 Pinocchio, greatly frightened, looked about him to see whence the words had come, but he saw no one.
皮诺乔吓得四下里望望,想知道这句话是从哪来的,可是他一个人也没看见。
7 The intangible has to be reversed back into tangibility; every fibre of subjective perception has to be painstakingly returned to the objective fact from whence it came.
8 And as I recall his surliness at the height of the George W. Bush years, from whence that 20-years-ago photo he showed was exhumed, I’m not sure he’s changed all that much.
9 As it was, the point just cut the cloth of his coat, making a wide gap whence a bundle of bank-notes and a stream of gold fell out.
10 The venue had two stages and the spaces in front of both were packed with people from Seattle and not, the non-Seattleites feeling warm vibes and comraderie but probably not knowing from whence it came.
11 All can be viewed as entertaining extensions of the comic books and superhero movies from whence they came and nothing more.
12 No. If the answers were anywhere, they were in the south and east of the continent of Namaa, on the far side of the Elmuthaleth, whence no one had ever returned.
13 He entertains the guests, “through use of Wit and various Jibes, glad that I had, after my many Travails, arrived at a station in Life from whence I could impart such Merriment to All & Sundry.”
14 We hadn’t yet entered the national forest — our final destination — but it was clear we had arrived somewhere else, somewhere vastly different from whence we came.
15 By now he was quite aware as to whence this powerful uprising had sprung.
现在他很清楚,这种强有力的骚动是从哪里来的.
16 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
因为再过几年,我必走那往而不返之路。
17 Some, when they take revenge , are desirous, the party should know , whence it cometh.
有人复仇时想要仇敌知晓这复仇来自何方.
18 Durkee knows whence he speaks: It’s been nearly 20 years since his own acclaimed debut.
19 It wasn't their feisty sound from whence Seattle's grunge scene sprung, though, but from a fellow Boston band that opened shows for them.
20 Whence came this traveler?
这个旅行者从哪儿来?
3 何处
4 来源
well source resource bottom budget mint quarry paternity authorship provenance provenience springhead quarter parentage
5 哪里
6 的地方
7 从何处
8 从那个
9 什么地方
12 因此
consequently so according therefore thus hence accordingly thereby thereof thereafter thence whereupon thereupon ergo thereat resultingly hereat on that account wherefore therefor then hereby hereupon whereat in consequence and on this account
16 根源
Germinal fontal base source parent mother bottom spring root seed birth font nerve spawn fountain spore rootstock taproot fountainhead radix rootage germ father principle authorship fons et origo seminal foundation origin paternity fount center centre headspring First Cause
17 据此
18 由来
19 何故