英语词汇“when”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	when
释义	when I. \(\|)hwen, (\|)wen, _(h)wən\ adverb Etymology: Middle English when, whan, from Old English hwenne, hwanne; akin to Old Frisian hwenne when, Old High German hwenne, hwanne, Gothic hwan when, how, Old English hwā who — more at who 1. a. : at what time : in what period : how long ago < asked him when it happened > : how soon : after how long a lapse of time < when will he return > b. : in what circumstances < when shall we three meet again — Shakespeare > 2. : at which time : and then : whereupon < the tree will eventually die of old age and fall down when the problem solves itself — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox > 3. : at, in, or during which < a generation when medical science has … prolonged the span of life — New York Times > 4. : enough < say when > 5. : at a former time; especially : at a less prosperous time < his old associates … brag fondly of having known him when — Vance Packard > II. conjunction Etymology: Middle English when, whan, from Old English hwenne, hwanne, from hwenne, hwanne, adverb 1. a. : at or during the time that : while < on one occasion, when a boy, I went fishing with three other boys — W.J.Reilly > < I could not say “Amen!” when they did say “God bless us!” — Shakespeare > b. : just after the moment that < please stop writing when the bell rings > < went back to his old job when the war ended > c. : at any and every time that < when he listens to music, he falls asleep > 2. : in the event that : on condition that : if < the batter is out when he bunts foul with two strikes on him > 3. a. : considering that < why use water at all when you can drown in it — Stuart Chase > < how can he buy the house when he has no money > b. : in spite of the fact that : although < he gave up politics when he might have made a great career in it > III. pronoun Etymology: when (I) : what or which time < in 1934, since when he has been working at landscapes and portraits — Horizon > IV. \ˈhwen also ˈwen\ noun (-s) Etymology: when (I) : the time in which something is done or comes about < piecing together the story of my visit there — the when and the why of it — W.B.Mowery > < remembering exactly the who, when, what and how of any occasion — J.M.Barzun >
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