function addCombinator(matcher, combinator, base)

1、源码

 return combinator.first ?
 // Check against closest ancestor/preceding element
 function(elem, context, xml) {
  while ((elem = elem[dir])) {
   if (elem.nodeType === 1 || checkNonElements) {
    return matcher(elem, context, xml);
   }
  }
 } :

 // Check against all ancestor/preceding elements
 function(elem, context, xml) {
  var data, cache, outerCache, dirkey = dirruns + \" \" + doneName;

  // We can\'t set arbitrary data on XML nodes, so they don\'t
  // benefit from dir caching
  if (xml) {
   while ((elem = elem[dir])) {
    if (elem.nodeType === 1 || checkNonElements) {
     if (matcher(elem, context, xml)) {
      return true;
     }
    }
   }
  } else {
   while ((elem = elem[dir])) {
    if (elem.nodeType === 1 || checkNonElements) {
     outerCache = elem[expando] || (elem[expando] = {});
     if ((cache = outerCache[dir])
       && cache[0] === dirkey) {
      if ((data = cache[1]) === true
        || data === cachedruns) {
       return data === true;
      }
     } else {
      cache = outerCache[dir] = [ dirkey ];
      cache[1] = matcher(elem, context, xml)
        || cachedruns;
      if (cache[1] === true) {
       return true;
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 };
}