| 释义 |
some·thing
I. \ˈsəm(p)thiŋ, -thēŋ, in rapid, informal, or dial speech -mpəm\ pronoun
Etymology: Middle English sum thing, som thing (noun phrase), from Old English sum thing, from sum some + thing
1.
a. : some undetermined or unspecified thing : some thing not definitely understood or remembered
< something must be done about it >
< he muttered something or other >
b. : some thing (as a name or part of a name) not remembered or immaterial
< the twelve something train >
2. : some definite but not specified thing : an unnamed but positive, concrete, or significant thing — opposed to nothing
< he has something to live for >
3. : somewhat
4. : a person or thing of consequence
5. : some liquor, drink, or food
< have something before you go >
6. : a thing projected or in prospect
< there was something in the wind >
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English sumthing, from sum thing, som thing (noun phrase)
1. : in some degree : to some extent : somewhat
< the scarcely ambiguous answer was something softened — J.A.Froude >
< something under a quarter of an hour — G.N.Boothby >
< a man of something less than mediocre abilities — Edmund Wilson >
2. : to a high degree : extremely, very
< raved something fierce >
< swears something awful >
III. noun
Etymology: something (I)
: a thing of an unspecified or indeterminate nature
< felt the presence of an unknown something >
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: something (I)
: damn, curse
V. pronoun
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