Whence
[wens] or [wɛns]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.
(adv.) From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.
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同義詞及近義詞：
ad. [1]. From what place.[2]. From what cause, from what source, how.
手打:莫尔
例句/造句/用法:
- There was no sign of a place whence it had been taken. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The gas, when purified, is conveyed to the gas-holder, whence it is forced by pressure into the mains and pipes. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Thinkest thou to escape from whence in all the countless ages but a single soul has fled? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The Christian writer Lactantius asked shrewdly whence atoms came, and what proof there was of their existence. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- A gentleman had done this good turn, and nowcovering her with his cloak, advanced to restore her to the house whence he had seen her issue. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The ice in the can is then loosened by warm water, and the block dumped through the door into a chute, whence it passes into the storage room below, seen in Fig. 298. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Whence then this obvious DISQUALITY? 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- From whence does this proceed, but that the memory in the first case assists the fancy and gives an additional force and vigour to its conceptions? 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- At other times this future bursts suddenly, as if a rock had rent, and in it a grave had opened, whence issues the body of one that slept. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Who and whence art thou, priest? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Then from whence, my friends, in a human point of view, do we derive the strength that is necessary to our limbs? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The company has its own logging crews that cut the timber and pile it on flat cars, whence it is transported over a private railroad until it arrives at the company sawmills. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I had heard it--where, or whence, for ever impossible to know! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- It terminated like the former; though something approaching to a ray, we could not tell whence, shed a very doubtful twilight in the space. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- For whence should it be derived? 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I do not ask whence flows the feeling which you pour into these songs, for I know it flows out of your heart, Miss Keeldar. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He would follow this savage creature for a while and know from whence he came. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- From whence do these papers come, you say? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He did not turn aside to the cottage, but pushed on to an eminence, whence he could see over the whole quarter that had once been Eustacia's home. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- The seamen soon knew whence I came last: they were curious to inquire into my voyages and course of life. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- At last, George took Emmy's hand, and led her back into the bedroom, from whence he came out alone. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Whence did I come? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- By degrees I was brought into another room, whence I peeped into the street, but drew my head back in a fright. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Whence comes the delight I take in that talk? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In due time this happy party landed at the quays of Rotterdam, whence they were transported by another steamer to the city of Cologne. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Whence came these vestments? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Whence sprung this difference? 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Whence did she acquire the gift to be heedless and never offend? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
手打:莫尔