单词 | whose |
释义 | whose I. obsolete possessive of1 who and what I II. 1. a. < 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. < 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. < 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. (1) < 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) < 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) < 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. (1) < 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) < 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) < 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. < 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 < “Happy,” I said, “whose home is here” — R.W.Emerson > — compare who I 2b(1) III. < 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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