/weə(r); [US] hweə(r); hwɛr/ interrog adv in or to what place or position 在哪里; 到哪里; 在什么位置
*Where does he live? 他住在哪儿?
* Where does she come from? 她是哪儿的人?
* I wonder where she comes from. 我不知道她是哪儿的人.
* Where (ie At what point) did I go wrong in my calculation? 我在计算中什么地方出了差错?
* Where are you going for your holidays? 你打算到哪儿去度假?
* Where is all this leading? ie What is the conclusion of what you are saying? 你说这话到底是什么意思?

rel adv 关系副词
1 (used after words or phrases that refer to a place 用于表示地点的词语之後) at, in, or to which (place) 在那（地方）; 到那（地方）; 该处
*the place where you last saw it 你上次看到该事物之处
* one of the few countries where people drive on the left 少数沿左侧开车的国家之一.
2 at which place 在那个地方; 在该处
*We then moved to Paris, where we lived for six years. 我们後来搬到巴黎, 在那里住了六年.

conj (in) the place in which （在）...的地方
*Put it where we can all see it. 把它放在我们都看得见的地方.
* Where food is hard to find, few birds remain throughout the year. 在很难找到食物的地方就没有什么鸟能长年栖息.
* (fig 比喻) That's where you're wrong. 你错就错在这儿.

adv, conj, pron
[Language: Old English;Origin: hwAr]
in or to which place
　Where are you going?
　Where do they live?
　Do you know where my glasses are?
　Where would you like to sit?
where (...) to/from
　Where have you come from?
　'We're going on a long journey.' 'Where to?'
where to do sth
　They're easy to find, if you know where to look.
where on earth/in the world etc
(=used for emphasis when you are surprised, angry etc)
　Where on earth have you been all this time?
see usage noteposition¹
used to talk about a particular place
　She was standing exactly where you are standing now.
　Stay where you are.
　This is the place where I hid the key.
　In 1963 we moved to Boston, where my grandparents lived.
used to talk about a particular stage in a process, conversation, story etc
　The treatment will continue until the patient reaches the point where he can walk correctly and safely.
　You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is where I disagree.
　Now, where were we? Oh yes, we were talking about John.
used to ask or talk about the origin of something or someone
　Where does the word 'super' come from?
　Where does this man get the money to keep two houses?
　I wonder where he gets these strange ideas.
used to say that one person, thing, opinion etc is different from another
　Where others might have been satisfied, Dawson had higher ambitions.
in or to any place
= wherever
　You can sit where you like.
　You're free to go where you please.