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whither 音标拼音: [w'ɪðɚ] [hw'ɪðɚ] ad. 到哪里 到哪里 Whither \ Whith" er\, adv. [ OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E. where, who; cf. Goth. hvadr[= e] whither. See { Who}, and cf. { Hither}, { Thither}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou? " Whider may I flee?" -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Sir Valentine, whither away so fast? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To what or which place; -- used relatively. [ 1913 Webster] That no man should know . . . whither that he went. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] We came unto the land whither thou sentest us. -- Num. xiii. 27. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To what point, degree, end, conclusion, or design; whereunto; whereto; -- used in a sense not physical. [ 1913 Webster] Nor have I . . . whither to appeal. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] { Any whither}, to any place; anywhere. [ Obs.] " Any whither, in hope of life eternal." -- Jer. Taylor. { No whither}, to no place; nowhere. [ Obs.] -- 2 Kings v. 25. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Where. Usage: { Whither}, { Where}. Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required. Where has taken its place, as in the question, " Where are you going?" [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster]
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