- used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or more people(询问姓名、身份或职务)谁,什么人
- Who is that woman?那个女的是谁?🔊🔊
- I wonder who that letter was from.我不知道是谁来的信。🔊🔊
- Who are you phoning?你在给谁打电话?🔊🔊
- Who's the money for?这是给谁的钱?🔊🔊
- used to show which person or people you mean(表示所指的人)
- The people who called yesterday want to buy the house.昨天打电话来的人想买这座房子。🔊🔊
- The people (who) we met in France have sent us a card.我们在法国结识的人给我们寄来了一张贺卡。
- used to give more information about somebody(进一步提供有关某人的信息)
- Mrs Smith, who has a lot of teaching experience at junior level, will be joining the school in September.史密斯太太将在九月份加入这所学校,她在初级教育方面颇有经验。🔊🔊
- And then Mary, who we had been talking about earlier, walked in.随后玛丽走了进来,我们刚才还在谈论她呢。🔊🔊
compare whomWord OriginOld English hwā, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wie and German wer.
Idioms who am I, who are you, etc. to do something?
- used to ask what right or authority somebody has to do something…凭什么;…有什么资格
- Who are you to tell me I can't park here?你凭什么不让我在这儿停车?🔊🔊
see also who’s who