ad. from what place,from where 從什么地方.從哪里。
△Wiv.4.5.108 (104):“whence come you?”i.e. Where do you come from? 你從哪里來?
△Rom. 3.3.77 (78): “ Whence come you?”你是從什么地方來的?
△Mac.2.2.58 (54):“Whence is that knocking?”哪里來的敲門聲?
whence
conj. from the place where,from where.from which place 從那…的地方,從那個地方。
△1H.IV.1.3. 151:“From whence he,intercepted,did return /To be deposed,and shortly murdered.”他從那里歸來中途受到攔截,王位被廢,隨后就被害死了。
△2H.VI.2.1.158(155): “Let them be whipped through every markettown. / Till they come to Berwick,from whence theycame.”押送他們回到他們的家鄉(xiāng)貝里克,每經(jīng)過一個市鎮(zhèn)就鞭打他們一頓。
△ Mac.1.2.25:“As whence the sun gins hisreflection / Shipwracking storms and direful thundersbreak.”就像從太陽開始照射的東方,翻船的風(fēng)暴、嚇人的雷電迸發(fā)了。
△Mac.1.2.27:“So from that spring whencecomfort seemed to come / Discomfort swells.”同樣,從安逸似乎就要來臨的源頭竟涌出了不安。