who: [OE] Who goes right back to Indo-European *qwos, *qwes (source also of Russian kto ‘who’), whose neuter form *qwod gave English what. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *khwaz, *khwez, which has evolved into German wer, Dutch wie, Danish hvo, and English who. Whom comes from the Old English dative form hw?m.
who (pron.)
Old English hwa "who," sometimes "what; anyone, someone; each; whosoever," from Proto-Germanic *hwas (cognates: Old Saxon hwe, Danish hvo, Swedish vem, Old Frisian hwa, Dutch wie, Old High German hwer, German wer, Gothic hvo (fem.) "who"), from PIE *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (cognates: Sanskrit kah "who, which;" Avestan ko, Hittite kuish "who;" Latin quis/quid "in what respect, to what extent; how, why," qua "where, which way," qui/quae/quod "who, which;" Lithuanian kas "who;" Old Church Slavonic kuto, Russian kto "who;" Old Irish ce, Welsh pwy "who").
雙語例句
1. I noticed a misuse of the word " who " in your letter.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)在你的信中誤用了 who 這個詞.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
最幸福的人們并不一定什么都是最好，只是他們懂得欣賞生活的美好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
3. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.
你是什么樣的人和你想成為什么樣的之間的差距就是，你做了什么。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
4. Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie
請記住，幸福不在于你是誰或者你擁有什么，而僅僅取決于你的心態(tài)！
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
5. Nora was deflowered by a man who worked in a soda-water factory.