whence

中英词典：whence

形容词

1. 从哪里的：用于提问或描述某个事物的来源或起源。

例：I found a strange-looking plant in my garden, but I don't know whence it came.

我在花园里发现了一棵长得奇怪的植物，但我不知道它是从哪儿来的。

副词

1. 从何处：用于提问某个事物的来源或起源。

例：He asked me whence I had obtained the information.

他问我这些信息是从哪里得到的。

名词

1. 来源：事物的起源或来源。

例：The author's inspiration for the novel is whence he draws his unique ideas.

这位作者创作这本小说的灵感来自他独特的想法的源头。

词语辨析

whence与where的区别在于，where更强调地点，而whence更强调来源或起源。

词汇扩充

1. whencever：无论从哪里。

2. whenceforth：从此以后。

近义词

from where

反义词

whither（去哪里）

柯林斯词典

whence (adv.)

1. (用于提问) 从哪里；从何处

2. (用于描述) 从哪里；从何处

3. (用于表示来源) 从哪里；从何处

牛津词典

whence (adv.)

1. (用于提问) 从哪里；从何处

2. (用于描述) 从哪里；从何处

3. (用于表示来源) 从哪里；从何处

用法

whence是一个既可以作为副词，也可以作为形容词和名词的词语。作为副词时，用于提问某个事物的来源或起源，或用于描述事物的来源或起源。作为形容词和名词时，表示事物的来源或起源。

相关例句

1. I found a strange-looking plant in my garden, but I don't know whence it came.
   我在花园里发现了一棵长得奇怪的植物，但我不知道它是从哪儿来的。
2. He asked me whence I had obtained the information.
   他问我这些信息是从哪里得到的。
3. The author's inspiration for the novel is whence he draws his unique ideas.
   这位作者创作这本小说的灵感来自他独特的想法的源头。
4. Whence do you come?
   你从哪儿来？
5. He returned to the city whence he came.
   他返回了他来的那个城市。
6. He was unable to explain whence he had obtained the money.
   他无法解释他从哪里得到了这笔钱。
7. I followed the path to see whence it led.
   我沿着这条小径走去看看它通向哪里。
8. She looked back at the house, wondering whence she had come.
   她回头看着房子，想知道她是从哪里来的。
9. Whence did you get that idea?
   你从哪里得到那个想法的？
10. They had to return to the city whence they had started.
    他们必须返回他们出发的那个城市。
11. He sailed back to the island whence he had come.
    他驶回了他来的那个岛。
12. He disappeared into the darkness, whence he had emerged earlier.
    他消失在黑暗之中，就像他之前出现的地方。
13. The river flows northward, away from its whence.
    这条河向北流去，远离它的发源地。
14. The car drove off, leaving the airport whence it had arrived.
    汽车驶离了机场，离开了它抵达的地方。
15. The trail led them back to the village whence they had come.
    小径把他们带回了他们来的村庄。
16. They followed the footprints to track whence the animal had come.
    他们跟着脚印追踪这只动物从哪里来的。
17. I'm unsure whence this rumor originated.
    我不确定这个谣言是从哪里传出的。
18. She returned to her hometown, whence she had left many years ago.
    她返回到她离开多年的故乡。
19. He looked back at the old house, wondering whence he had come.
    他回头看着那个旧房子，想知道他是从哪里来的。
20. The train departed from the station, carrying the passengers away from whence they had started.
    火车离开了车站，把乘客带离了他们出发的地方。
21. The detective traced the phone call to determine whence it had originated.
    侦探追踪电话来电以确定它的来源。