Whereabouts
[weərə'baʊts] or ['hwɛrə,baʊts;'wɛrə,baʊts]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
狄伦編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
ad. Near what place.
n. [Colloquial.] Residence, location.
整理:胡安妮塔
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Then I commenced to question him, but he would give me no information as to your whereabouts. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I am here in the interest of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium, to discover the whereabouts of Dejah Thoris, our princess. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- For months I sought to devise methods to inform Carthoris of my whereabouts. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Whereabouts were your apartments, Mr. Pickwick? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Of Silverton's whereabouts there had been no mention. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- They could not guess my whereabouts or my fate, for none on all Barsoom even dream of such a place as this. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I wonder whereabouts in Bath this coach puts up,' said Mr. Pickwick, mildly addressing Mr. Winkle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The information was unnecessary; for the incessant cawing of the unconscious rooks sufficiently indicated their whereabouts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The two men sat in complete silence, Birkin almost unconscious of his own whereabouts. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Whereabouts in Hertfordshire? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There was no one in the quaint old drawing-room, though it presented tokens of Mrs. Heep's whereabouts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
整理:米切尔