something
pronoun /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
/ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
Idioms - a thing that is not known or mentioned by name
某事；某物 - We stopped for something to eat.
我们停下来吃点儿东西。 - Give me something to do.
给我点活儿干吧。 - There's something wrong with the TV.
电视出毛病了。 - There's something about this place that frightens me.
这个地方有点儿让我害怕。 - Don't just stand there. Do something!
别在那儿干站着，做点儿什么吧！ - His name is Alan something (= I don't know his other name).
他的名字叫艾伦什么的。 - She's a professor of something or other (= I'm not sure what) at Leeds.
她是利兹大学某个学科的教授。 - He's something in (= has a job connected with) television.
他是搞电视的。 - The car hit a tree or something.
汽车撞上了树或别的什么东西。 - I could just eat a little something.
我只能吃一点点东西。
- We stopped for something to eat.
- (informal) a thing that is thought to be important or worth taking notice of
被认为重要（或值得注意）的事物 - There's something in (= some truth or some fact or opinion worth considering in) what he says.
他的话不无道理。 - It's quite something (= a thing that you should feel happy about) to have a job at all these days.
如今能有份工作就该知足了。 - ‘We should finish by tomorrow.’ ‘That's something (= a good thing), anyway.’
“我们明天应该就能结束了。” “那也好哇。”
- There's something in (= some truth or some fact or opinion worth considering in) what he says.
- (informal) used to show that a description or an amount, etc. is not exact
（表示不确切的描述或数量）大致，左右 - She called at something after ten o'clock.
她十点多钟来过电话。 - a new comedy aimed at thirty-somethings (= people between thirty and forty years old)
一部以三十几岁的人为主要观众的新喜剧 - It tastes something like melon.
这吃起来有点儿像甜瓜。 - They pay nine pounds an hour. Something like that.
他们每小时付9英镑。差不多吧。 - She found herself something of a (= to some degree a) celebrity.
她发现自己差不多成名人了。 - The programme's something to do with (= in some way about) the environment.
这是一个跟环境有关的节目。 - He gave her a wry look, something between amusement and regret.
他用颇耐玩味的目光看她一眼，说不清是开心，还是怅惋。
- She called at something after ten o'clock.
词源Old English sum thing (see some, thing).
Idioms
make something of yourself
- to be successful in life
有所成就；获得成功
something else
- a different thing; another thing
另外一件事；别的东西 - He said something else that I thought was interesting.
他讲的另外一件事我觉得挺有意思的。
- He said something else that I thought was interesting.
- (informal) a person, a thing or an event that is much better than others of a similar type
出色的人（或事物） - I've seen some fine players, but she's something else.
优秀运动员我见过不少，但她出类拔萃。
- I've seen some fine players, but she's something else.