whom 音标拼音: [h'um]
pron . 谁
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Who \
Who \,
pron . [
Possess . {
whose };
object . {
Whom }.] [
OE .
who ,
wha ,
AS .
hw [=
a ],
interrogative pron .,
neut .
hw [
ae ]
t ;
akin to OFries .
hwa ,
neut .
hwet ,
OS .
hw [=
e ],
neut .
hwat ,
D .
wie ,
neut .
wat ,
G .
wer ,
neut .
was ,
OHG .
wer ,
hwer ,
neut .
waz ,
hwaz ,
Icel .
hvat ,
neut .,
Dan .
hvo ,
neut .
hvad ,
Sw .
ho ,
hvem ,
neut .
hvad ,
Goth .
hwas ,
fem .
hw [=
o ],
neut .
hwa ,
Lith .
kas ,
Ir . &
Gael .
co ,
W .
pwy ,
L .
quod ,
neuter of qui ,
Gr .
po `
teros whether ,
Skr .
kas . [
root ]
182 .
Cf . {
How }, {
Quantity },
{
Quorum }, {
Quote }, {
Ubiquity }, {
What }, {
When }, {
Where },
{
Whether }, {
Which }, {
Whither }, {
Whom }, {
Why }.]
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1 .
Originally ,
an interrogative pronoun ,
later ,
a relative pronoun also ; --
used always substantively ,
and either as singular or plural .
See the Note under {
What },
pron .,
1 .
As interrogative pronouns ,
who and whom ask the question :
What or which person or persons ?
Who and whom ,
as relative pronouns (
in the sense of that ),
are properly used of persons (
corresponding to which ,
as applied to things ),
but are sometimes ,
less properly and now rarely ,
used of animals ,
plants ,
etc .
Who and whom ,
as compound relatives ,
are also used especially of persons ,
meaning the person that ;
the persons that ;
the one that ;
whosoever . "
Let who will be President ." --
Macaulay .
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[
He ]
should not tell whose children they were .
--
Chaucer .
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There thou tell '
st of kings ,
and who aspire ;
Who fall ,
who rise ,
who triumph ,
who do moan .
--
Daniel .
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Adders who with cloven tongues Do hiss into madness . --
Shak .
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Whom I could pity thus forlorn . --
Milton .
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How hard is our fate ,
who serve in the state .
--
Addison .
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Who cheapens life ,
abates the fear of death .
--
Young .
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The brace of large greyhounds ,
who were the companions of his sports . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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2 .
One ;
any ;
one . [
Obs .,
except in the archaic phrase ,
as who should say .]
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As who should say ,
it were a very dangerous matter if a man in any point should be found wiser than his forefathers were . --
Robynson (
More '
s Utopia ).
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Whom \
Whom \,
pron . [
OE .
wham ,
AS .
dative hw [=
a ]
m ,
hw ?
m .
See {
Who }.]
The objective case of who .
See {
Who }.
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Note :
In Old English ,
whom was also commonly used as a dative .
Cf . {
Him }.
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And every grass that groweth upon root She shall eke know ,
and whom it will do boot .
--
Chaucer .
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