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T0166300 (thĭng)n.1. a. An object or entity that is not or cannot be named specifically: What is this thing for?b. An individual object, especially an inanimate object: There wasn't a thing in sight.c. A creature: That baby is the sweetest thing!d. An entity or item: How many things are there on the test?e. Something referred to by a word, symbol, sign, or idea; a referent.2. A possession or item in one's control, as:a. things Articles of clothing: Put on your things and let's go.b. things Possessions, including clothing; belongings: Pack your things; it's time to go.c. often things Law That which can be possessed or owned: things personal; things real.d. things The equipment needed for an activity or a special purpose.3. a. An act, deed, or work: promised to do great things.b. The result of work or activity: is always building things.c. A means to an end: just the thing to increase sales.4. a. A thought, notion, or utterance: What a rotten thing to say!b. A piece of information: wouldn't tell me a thing about the project.5. An end or objective: In blackjack, the thing is to get nearest to 21 without going over.6. a. A matter of concern: many things on my mind.b. A turn of events; a circumstance: The accident was a terrible thing.c. A particular state of affairs; a situation: Let's deal with this thing promptly.d. things The general state of affairs; conditions: "Beneath the smooth surface of things, something was wrong" (Tom Wicker).e. Informal The latest fad or fashion: Drag racing was the thing then.7. Informal A persistent feeling, interest, desire, or aversion: She has a thing for him and keeps talking about him. I have a thing about seafood and never eat it.8. Slang An activity uniquely suitable and satisfying to one: Let him do his own thing. Mountain climbing is really my thing.9. Informal Used to refer to something with disapproval or contempt: Where did you get that thing? I wouldn't drive that thing if you paid me.Idioms: first thing Informal Right away; before anything else: Do your assignments first thing in the morning. see/hear things To have hallucinations.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

things

(θɪŋz) pl n1. possessions, articles of clothing, etc2. the current situation; life3. concerns; matters

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Noun

things - any movable possession (especially articles of clothing); "she packed her things and left"belongings, property, holding - something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property";

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(θiŋ) noun1. an object; something that is not living. What do you use that thing for? 事或物，东西 2. a person, especially a person one likes. She's a nice old thing. （尤指令人喜爱的人）家伙，东西 3. any fact, quality, idea etc that one can think of or refer to. Music is a wonderful thing; I hope I haven't done the wrong thing; That was a stupid thing to do.事物things noun plural things, especially clothes, that belong to someone. Take all your wet things off.衣服first thing (in the morningetc) early in the morning just after getting up, starting work etc. I'll do it first thing (in the morning). （在早上等）第一件事 last thing (at nightetc) late at night, just before stopping work, going to bed etc. She always has a cup of tea last thing at night. （在晚上等）最后一件事 the thing is … the important fact or question is; the problem is. The thing is, is he going to help us? 重要的事实（问题）是，问题是

I have some things in the safe → 保险柜里有我的东西
I'd like to get these things cleaned → 这些都需要清洁
I'd like to get these things washed → 这些都需要清洗

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THINGS. By this word is understood every object, except man, which may become an active subject of right. Code du Canton de Berne, art. 332. In this sense it is opposed, in the language of the law, to the word persons. (q.v.)
2. Things, by the common raw, are divided into, 1. Things real, which are such as are permanent, fixed and immovable, and which cannot be carried from place to place; they are are usually said to consist in lands, tenements and hereditaments. 2 Bl. Com. 16; Co. Litt. 4 a to 6 b. 2. Things personal, include all sorts of things movable which attend a man's person wherever he goes. Things personal include not only things movable, but also something more, the whole of which is generally comprehended under the name of chattels. Chattels are distinguished into two kinds, namely, chattels real and chattels personal. See Chattel.
3. It is proper to remark that sometimes it depends upon the destination of certain objects, whether they are to be considered personal or real property. See Dalloz, Dict. choses, art 1, Sec. 2. Destination; Fixtures; Mill.
4. Formerly, in England, a very low and contemptuous opinion was entertained of personal property, which was regarded as only a transient commodity. But of late years different ideas have been entertained of it; and the courts, both in that country, and in this, now regard a man's personal property in a light, nearly, if not quite equal to his realty; and have adopted a more enlarged and still less technical mode of considering the one than the other, frequently drawn from the rules which they found already established by the Roman law, wherever those rules appear to be well-grounded and apposite to the case in question, but principally from reason and convenience, adapted to the circumstances of the times. 2 Bl. Com. 385.
5. By the Roman or civil law, things are either in patrimonio, capable of being possessed by single persons exclusive of others; or extra patrimonium, incapable of being so possessed.
6. Things in patrimonio are divided into corporeal and incorporeal, and the corporeal again into movable and immovable.
7. Corporeal things are those which are visible and tangible, as lands, houses, horses, jewels, and the like; incorporeal are not the object of sensation, but are the creatures of the mind, being rights issuing out of a thing corporeal, or concerning or exercisable within the same; as, an obligation, a hypothecation, a servitude, and, in general, that which consists only in a certain right. Domat, Lois Civ. Liv. Prel. t. 31 s. 2, Sec. 3; Poth. Traite dos Choses, in princ.
8. Corporeal things are either movable or immovable. The movable are those which have been separated from the earth, as felled trees, or gathered fruits, or stones dug out from quarries or those which are naturally separated, as animals. Immovable things are those parts of the surface of the earth, in whatever manner they may be distinguished, either as building;, woods, meadows, fields,or otherwise, and to whomsoever they may belong. Under the name of immovables is included everything which adheres to the surface of the earth, either by its nature, as trees; or which has been erected by the hands of man, as houses and other buildings, although, by being separated, such things way become movables. Domat, Lois Civ. Liv. Prel. tit. 3, s. 1, Sec. 5 and 6. See Movables; Immovables.
9. Things extra patrimonium are, 1. Common. 2. Public. 3. Res universitatis. 4. Res nullius.
10.-1. Things common are, the heavens, light, air, and the sea, which cannot be appropriated by any man or set of men, so as to deprive others from the. use of them. Domat, Lois Civ. Liv. Prel. tit. 3, s. 1, Sec. 1; Sec. 1 Inst. de rer. div.; L. 2, Sec. 1, ff. de rer. div.; Ayliffe, Pand. B. 2, t. 1, in med.
11.-2. Things public, res publicae, the property of which was in the state, and their use common to all the members of it, as navigable rivers, ways, bridges, harbors, banks, and the right of fishing.
12.-3. Res universitatis, or things belonging to cities or bodies politic. Such things belong to the corporation or body politic in respect of the property of them; but as to their use, they appertain to those persons that are of the corporation or body politic: such may be theatres, market houses, and the like. They differ from things public, inasmuch as the latter belong to a nation. The lands or other revenue belonging to a corporation, do not fall under this class, but, are juris privati.
13.-4. Res nullius, or things which are not the property of any man or number of men, are principally those of divine right; they are of three sorts: things sacred, things religious, and things sanct. Things sacred were those which were duly and publicly consecrated by the priests, as churches, their ornaments, &c. Things religious were those places which became so by burying in them a dead body, even though no consecration of these spots by a priest had taken place. Things sanct were those which by certain reverential awe arising from their nature, something augmented by religious ceremonies, were guarded and defended from the injuries of men; such were the gates and walls of a city, offences against which were capitally punished. 1 Bro. Civ. Law, B. 2, c. 1, p. 172.
See, in general, Domat, Lois Civ. Liv. Prel. tit. 3; 1 Bro. Civ. Law, B. 2, c. 1 Poth. Traite des Choses; Ersk. Pr. Law Scot. B. 2, tit. 1; Toullier, Droit Francais, Liv. 2, tit. 1 Ayliffe, Pand. B. 3, t. 1; Inst. 2, 1, 2 Dig. 1, 8 Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.

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noun any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

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