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英文英文字典
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Which
(a.)
Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
Which
(a.)
A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and
adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer
to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which
man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route
he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under
What, pron., 1.
Which
(pron.)
A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an
antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is
specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause
(generally involving a reference, however, to something which has
preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used
of persons.
Which
(pron.)
A compound relative or indefinite pronoun, standing for
any one which, whichever, that which, those which, the . . . which, and
the like; as, take which you will.
Whichever
(pron. & a.)
Alt. of Whichsoever
Whichsoever
(pron. & a.)
Whether one or another; whether one or the
other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you
take, it will lead you to town.
Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging
to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season
the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch,
whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch.
Whider
(adv.)
Whither.
Whiff
(n.)
A sudden expulsion of air from the mouth; a quick puff or
slight gust, as of air or smoke.
Whiff
(n.)
A glimpse; a hasty view.
Whiff
(n.)
The marysole, or sail fluke.
Whiff
(v. t.)
To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
Whiff
(v. t.)
To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff
or blow away.
Whiff
(v. i.)
To emit whiffs, as of smoke; to puff.
Whiffed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Whiff
Whiffet
(n.)
A little whiff or puff.
Whiffing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Whiff
Whiffing
(n.)
The act of one who, or that which, whiffs.
Whiffing
(n.)
A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel,
and the like.
Whiffle
(v. i.)
To waver, or shake, as if moved by gusts of wind; to
shift, turn, or veer about.