英语词汇“what for”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	what for
释义	what for phrasal 1. chiefly dialect : what kind of — used either inseparably or with a verb and its subject between what and for < what is he for a fool — Shakespeare > — used with an immediately following object of for usually consisting of a singular count noun with indefinite article < what for an apple is that > a plural count noun with no article < what for horses are those > or a mass noun with no article < what for tobacco are you smoking > 2. : for what purpose : for what reason : why — usually used with the other words of a question between what and for < what did you do that for > except when used alone — used inseparably at the beginning of a question in some dialects < what for did you do that > 3. : punishment especially by blows or by a sharp reprimand < puts his little boy across his knee and gives him what for — Rebecca West > < gave him what for in violent Spanish — New Yorker > < Mama certainly gave Papa the what for — Marquis James > : rough treatment inflicted especially on an offender < went away to give the … generals what for — J.T.Winterich > : severe pain < my corn's a-giving me what for — A.E.Coppard >
随便看	nec necator necessar necessarian necessarianism necessarily necessariness necessarius necessary necessary necessary condition necessary deposit necessary house necessary improvement necessary woman necessitarian necessitarianism necessitas necessitate necessitation necessitous necessitude necessity necessity necessity money

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