whence

副词 adv. 连词 conj.
中文释义
发音 hwĕns

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. From where; from which place or source. archaic,formal,literary,not-comparable
    — Whence came I?
连词 conj.
  1. Used for introducing the result of a fact that has just been stated; thence literary,poetic
    — The work is slow and dangerous, whence the high costs.

词汇关系

反义词
whither
相关词
hence thence

词源

词源 1
From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s.
词源 2
From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s.
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