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单词 her
释义 her
I.
Etymology: Middle English hire, from Old English hiere, hire, hyre, gen. of hēo, hīo she — more at he
obsolete
possessive of she I
II. \R _(h)ər, |hər, +V |hər.; -R _(h)ə(r, |hə̄, +V |hər. or |hə̄ also |hə̄r\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English hire, from Old English hiere, hire, hyre, gen. of hēo, hīo
1.
 a. : of or relating to her or herself as possessor : due to her : inherent in her : associated or connected with her
  < before she has her floor swept — Edna S. V. Millay >
  < you have not seen Maine until you have seen her islands — R.W.Hatch >
  — compare she I
 b. : of or relating to her or herself as author, doer, giver, or agent : effected by her : experienced by her as subject : that she is capable of
  < her paintings >
  < her research >
  < the reason for her winning the game >
  < she did her best >
 c. : of or relating to her or herself as object of an action : experienced by her as object
  < her rescuer >
  < her exclusion from the club >
 d. : that she has to do with or is supposed to possess or to have knowledge or a share of or some interest in
  < she plays her waltzes beautifully >
 e. : that is especially significant for her : that brings her good fortune or prominence — used with day or sometimes with other words indicating a division of time
  < it's not only her birthday, it's her day >
2. now dialect : -'s — used after a noun or noun phrase designating a female person or something personified as female in place of the possessive ending 's
 < Jane Doe her book >
III. pronoun, objective case of she
Etymology: Middle English hire, from Old English hiere, hire, hyre, dative of hēo, hīo
1. : she I 1, 2, 3:
 a. — used as indirect object of a verb
  < tell her the news >
 b. — used as object of a preposition
  < a gift for her >
 c. — used as direct object of a verb
  < lifted the skiff and slid herinto the water — Ernest Hemingway >
 d. — used in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition
  < the dress fits her sister as well as her >
  < give me the book rather than her >
  < this course of study would be more useful to you than her >
 e. — used in absolute constructions especially together with a prepositional phrase, adjective, or participle
  < she was invited to go dancing two or three times a week, and her without half as many nice dresses as she really needed >
  < and her being my own child >
 f. — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, in the predicate after forms of be, in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the subject of a verb, and in other positions where it is itself neither the subject of a verb nor the object of a verb or preposition
  < it was not her one hated but the idea of her — Virginia Woolf >
  < her sister sings better than her >
  < her and her excuses >
 g. — used in substandard speech as the subject of a verb which it does not immediately precede or as part of the compound subject of a verb
  < her and John got married >
 h. — used with a gerund in combination with other pronouns (as him) in the objective case
  < I can't imagine her doing that any more than I can imagine him doing it >
2. : herself — used reflexively as indirect object of a verb
 < she bought her a hat >
object of a preposition
 < she took her son with her >
or direct object of a verb
 < she sat her down >
IV. \like stressed pronunciations at her II\ noun
(-s)
: woman, girl
 < four hims and a her — Charles Dickens >
V. abbreviation
1. heraldic; heraldry
2. [Latin heres] heir
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