which
英 [w?t?]
美[w?t?]
- pron. 哪/那一個；哪/那一些
- adj. 哪一個；哪一些
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中文詞源
which 哪一件
來自古英語hwi-lic,什么樣的，hwi,什么，詞源同what,lic,樣子，物體，詞源同like。引申詞義哪一個，哪一件。
英文詞源
- which
- which: [OE] Etymologically, which means ‘what like, of what form or sort?’ The word was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from the interrogative base *khwa-, *khwe- (source of English what, who, etc) and *līka- ‘body, form’ (source of English like and also incorporated into English each and such). Its Germanic relatives include German welch and Dutch welk ‘which’.
=> like - which (pron.)
- Old English hwilc (West Saxon, Anglian), hw?lc (Northumbrian) "which," short for hwi-lic "of what form," from Proto-Germanic *hwa-lik- (cognates: Old Saxon hwilik, Old Norse hvelikr, Swedish vilken, Old Frisian hwelik, Middle Dutch wilk, Dutch welk, Old High German hwelich, German welch, Gothic hvileiks "which"), from *hwi- "who" (see who) + *likan "body, form" (cognates: Old English lic "body;" see like (adj.)). In Middle English used as a relative pronoun where Modern English would use who, as still in the Lord's Prayer. Old English also had parallel forms hwelc and hwylc, which disappeared 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. He lived on an invalidity pension which came as a weekly giro.
- 他靠每周領取的作為病殘養老金的直接轉賬救濟支票過日子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Politicians want a lap-dog press which will uncritically report their propaganda.
- 政客們想要的是不問是非、甘為他們搞宣傳的哈巴狗一樣的新聞媒體。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We were in the same college, which was male-only at that time.
- 我們那時在同一所學院，當時只招男生。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We gained a rich supply of data which would normally be inaccessible.
- 我們得到了通常難以獲取的大量數據。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. "Which one of these do you want?" — "I don't mind."
- “你想要這里面的哪一個？”——“都可以。”
來自柯林斯例句
