Whoname

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  slanglifestyleThe television show Doctor Who.

  • After three event episodes in a row (the finale, Christmas special and season opener), “Tooth and Claw” is the first “regular” episode of Who we've had in a while.
  • This is as wildly different to any episode of Who so far. It's fab.

whopron/huː/

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  What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.

  • You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)
  • I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
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  Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.

  • That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
  • My sister, who works in the accounts department, just got promoted to manager. (non-defining)
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  Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.

  • That's the man who I saw earlier.
  • My brother, who you met the other day, is coming to stay for the weekend.
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  Whoever, he who, they who.

  • Who insults my mother insults me.
  • Give it to who deserves it.
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  informalAlso used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.

  • Who are the Miami Heat?

whonoun/huː/

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  A person under discussion; a question of which person.

  • A wham-bam caper flick, efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, that fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London bank heist.

whodet/huː/

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  dialectalwhose

  • Who phone just rang?

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• World Health Organization
• sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context