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单词 whose
释义 whose
I.
Etymology: Middle English whos (gen. of who (I), what) (I), alteration (influenced by who) (I) of whas, whes, from Old English hwæs, gen. of hwā who, hwæt what — more at who, what
obsolete
possessive of1 who and what I
II. \(|)hüz sometimes _üz\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English whos, gen. of who (I), what (I)
1. : of what person or persons:
 a. : of or belonging to what person or persons as possessor or possessors : due to what person or persons : inherent in what person or persons : associated or connected with what person or persons
  < whose gorgeous vesture heaps the ground — Robert Browning >
  < inquire whose son the stripling is — 1 Sam 17:56 (Revised Standard Version) >
  — compare who I 1
 b. : of or relating to what person or persons as author or authors, doer or doers, giver or givers, or agent or agents : effected by what person or persons : experienced by what person or persons as subject
  < whose plays are greater than Shakespeare's >
  < so many people have helped me that I don't know whose help has been most valuable >
  — compare who I 1
 c. : of or relating to what person or persons as object of an action : experienced by what person or persons as object
  < in whose honor was the monument erected >
  < asking whose promotion would be in the best interests of the company >
  — compare who I 1
2.
 a. : of whom:
  (1) : of or belonging to whom as possessor or possessors : due to whom : inherent in whom : associated or connected with whom
   < a man whose shoes do not fit >
   < an organization whose members … exercise influence in every continent — Denis Healey >
   < a chicken whose head has been cut off — Nancy Mitford >
   — used as a possessive adjective corresponding in meaning to the relative pronoun who; compare who I 3
  (2) : of or relating to whom as author or authors, doer or doers, giver or givers, or agent or agents : effected by whom : experienced by whom as subject
   < the law courts, whose decisions were important — F.L.Mott >
   — used as a possessive adjective corresponding in meaning to the relative pronoun who; compare who I 3
  (3) : of or relating to whom as object of an action : experienced by whom as object
   < that maid whose sudden sight hath thralled my wounded eye — Shakespeare >
   < these puissant legions, whose exile hath emptied heaven — John Milton >
   — used as a possessive adjective corresponding in meaning to the relative pronoun who; compare who I 3
 b. : of which:
  (1) : of or belonging to which as possessor or possessors : inherent in which : associated or connected with which
   < inventor of simple clothes whose elegance derives from her hand-finished detail — Lois Long >
   < a sentence whose grammatical subject is a demonstrative pronoun — R.E.Gahringer >
   — used as a possessive adjective corresponding in meaning to the relative pronoun which; compare which II 3
  (2) : of or relating to which as agent or agents : effected by which : resulting from which
   < the current thought … to whose influences he was subject — L.P.Smith >
   < a simple legal monopoly whose reward to the inventor would be primarily in royalties — Robert Reuben >
   — used as a possessive adjective corresponding in meaning to the relative pronoun which; compare which II 3
  (3) : of or relating to which as object of an action : undergone by which as object
   < the first poem whose publication he ever sanctioned — J.W.Krutch >
   < logical techniques whose extravagant use is known to give rise to … paradoxes — C.G.Hempel >
   — used as a possessive adjective corresponding in meaning to the relative pronoun which; compare which II 3
3.
 a. : of any person or persons that : of whomever
  < whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the whole congregation — Prov 26:26 (Authorized Version) >
  < ask whose advice you please >
  — compare who I 2a
 b. archaic : the particular person or persons of whom : he, she, or those of whom
  < “Happy,” I said, “whose home is here” — R.W.Emerson >
  — compare who I 2b(1)
III. pronoun, singular or plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English whos, gen. of who (I), what (I)
: whose one or whose ones — used without a following noun as a pronoun equivalent in meaning to the adjective whose
 < whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided — Lk 12:20 (Authorized Version) >
 < tell me whose it was — Shakespeare >
 < God, whose I am, and whom I serve — Acts 27:23 (Authorized Version) >
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