Whereabouts
[weərə'baʊts] or ['hwɛrə,baʊts;'wɛrə,baʊts]
解释:
(noun.) the general location where something is; 'I questioned him about his whereabouts on the night of the crime'.
手打:肖恩--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him?
(adv.) Concerning which; about which.
(n.) The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts.
狄伦编辑
同义词及近义词：
ad. Near what place.
n. [Colloquial.] Residence, location.
整理:胡安妮塔
例句:
- Clayton could not but notice it, and he wondered, vaguely, why she was so deeply moved--so anxious to know the whereabouts of this strange creature. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Then I commenced to question him, but he would give me no information as to your whereabouts. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- I am here in the interest of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, to discover the whereabouts of Dejah Thoris, our princess. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- For months I sought to devise methods to inform Carthoris of my whereabouts. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Whereabouts were your apartments, Mr. Pickwick? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- It was well that, having made the round of the garden, they came suddenly upon Mr. Hale, whose whereabouts had been quite forgotten by them. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Of Silverton's whereabouts there had been no mention. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- They could not guess my whereabouts or my fate, for none on all Barsoom even dream of such a place as this. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- I wonder whereabouts in Bath this coach puts up,' said Mr. Pickwick, mildly addressing Mr. Winkle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- The information was unnecessary; for the incessant cawing of the unconscious rooks sufficiently indicated their whereabouts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- When father died, we were left very poor, but one day we were told that there was an advertisement in the TIMES, inquiring for our whereabouts. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The two men sat in complete silence, Birkin almost unconscious of his own whereabouts. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Whereabouts in Hertfordshire? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- There was no one in the quaint old drawing-room, though it presented tokens of Mrs. Heep's whereabouts. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
整理:米切尔