something
pron. 某事, 某物
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教材释义与例句
重要的人；值得重视的事
大约；有点象
非常；有点；大约
某事；某物
used to mean a particular thing when you do not know its name or do not know exactly what it is
释义与例句
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An object whose nature is yet to be defined.
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An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense).
What was the something the pilot saw, the something worth killing for?
Moreover, in all of our experience with these sense impressions, we never lose sight of the fact that they are but incidental facts of our mental existence, and that there is a Something Within which is really the Subject of these sense reports—a Something to which these reports are presented, and which receives them.
She wiped something with a cloth, wiped at the wall shelf, and put the something on it, clinking glass.
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Designates an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song.
非正式He didn’t apply for it for a long time, and then there was a hitch about it, and it was somethinged—vetoed, I believe she said.
She hovers over the something somethinging and awkwardly lowers her bulk.
Dear, was I ever on the stage?”
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Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify.
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Somewhat; to a degree.
The baby looks something like his father.
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Used to adverbialise a following adjective
非正式I miss them something terrible/rotten. (I miss them terribly)
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An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing.
某事
某物
某东西
啲嘢
某啲嘢
I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what.
I have something for you in my bag.
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today.
The answer to four down is P something T something Y.
She looked thirty-something. (anything from thirty-one to thirty-nine years old)
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2.
A quality to a moderate degree.
非正式The performance was something of a disappointment.
That child is something of a genius.
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3.
A talent or quality that is difficult to specify.
非正式She has a certain something.
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Somebody who or something that is superlative or notable in some way.
非正式He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice.
She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing.
Some marmosets are less than six inches tall. —Well, isn't that something?
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词源
From Middle English somþyng, some-thing, som thing, sum thinge, sum þinge, from Old English sum þing (literally “some thing”), equivalent to some + thing. Compare Old English āwiht (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”), Swedish någonting (“something”, literally “some thing, any thing”).
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