something
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1 some thing 某事物: There's something under the table. 桌子底下有個東西.
I want something to eat. 我想要點兒吃的.
Have you got something I could read? 你有什麼可讓我讀讀的嗎?
There's something interesting on the front page. 頭版上有些有意思的消息.
2 some thing thought to be significant 被視為有意義的事物
There's something (ie some truth, some fact or opinion worth considering) in what she says. 她說的有點道理.
It's something (ie a thing that one should feel happy about) to have a job at all these days. 這年頭有一份工作就算不錯了.
He's something/He does something in (ie He has a job connected with) television. 他是干電視這一行的.
3 (idm 習語) or something (infml 口) or another thing similar to that mentioned 或諸如此類的事物
She's writing a dictionary or something. 她在編寫詞典之類的書.
He hit a tree or something. 他撞上了一棵樹或其他什麼東西.
She rescued three children from a fire or something. 她從一起火災之類的事故中救出了三個孩子. ,something like
(a) `sb/sth
(a) partially similar to sb/sth 類似某人[某事物]
A thesaurus is something like a dictionary. 類語詞典與普通詞典相仿.
The ceremony was something like a christening. 那個典禮有點像洗禮儀式.
The tune goes something like this. 那曲調大致是這樣的.
(b) approximately sb/sth 近似於某人[某事物]
He earns something like 35000. 他的收入在35000英鎊上下. something `like it roughly what is required or desirable 大致符合要求或符合愿望的事物
That's something like it, ie That will be satisfactory. 那樣就差不多了. something of a sth to some degree 達到某種程度
She found herself something of a celebrity. 她意識到自己已小有名氣了.
I'm something of an expert on antiques. 我對古董略有研究.
?? 擴展釋義
*['s?mθi?]pron. 某事, 某物相關詞組: see something of see something of the world something like something of or something think something of oneself think oneself something have something to do with make something of