whence
whence 英 [wens] 美 [hwɛns, wɛns]
adv. 从何处；从哪里
They returned whence they had come. 他们从哪里来又回到哪里去了。
He knows neither his whence nor his whither. 他不知道从哪里来, 到哪里去。
- Use the adverb whence as an old-fashioned way to say "from which" or "from where." If you found a hundred dollar bill on the ground, you might ask, "Whence did this money come?"
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- adv. 从何处；从哪里
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1. They returned whence they had come.
他们从哪里来又回到哪里去了。
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2. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.
他不知道从哪里来, 到哪里去。
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3. Let him return to the place whence he came.
让他回到他所来的地方。
- whence (adv., conj.) early 13c., whennes, with adverbial genitive -s, from Old English hwanone, related to hwænne (see when). Spelling with -ce (1520s) reflects the voiceless pronunciation.
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