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what /hwɒt， hwʌt， 弱 hwət/ pron. | a. | ad. | n. | int. | conj. | phr.
I pron.
1. [疑问代词]什么；什么样的人(或事物)
What is this? 这是什么?
What is your name? 你叫什么名字?
What does she take me for? 她把我当成什么人了?
What can you expect but trouble? 除了烦恼你还能指望得到什么呢?
What is home without a wife? 没有妻子的家算什么家?
A: What is he? B: He is a teacher. 甲：他是干什么的? 乙：他是教师。
A: He's a dermatologist. B: What is he? 甲：他是个皮肤病学家。乙：他是什么? (用在未听清或不懂最后一个词的意思时)
A: I got up at half past four. B: What? 甲：我是四点半起床的。乙：你说什么? (用在未听清或感到惊讶而要求对方重复一遍时，一般认为不及用 pardon 客气)
Tell me what happened. 告诉我出了什么事。
What does it cost? 那东西要多少钱?
What are cabbages today? 今天卷心菜的价格是多少?
He's always busy with God knows what. 天知道他一天到晚在忙些什么。
2. [关系代词]…那样的事物(或人)
I began to recall what I had heard of cannibals. 我开始回想起我曾听说过的吃人生番的事。
He is not what he was five years ago. 他不再是五年前的他了。
What is beautiful is not always good. 美的东西并不总是好的。
What I say and think are (或 is) no business of yours. 我说什么想什么不关你的事。
3. [关系代词]无论什么，不管什么；凡是…的事物
Do what you will. 你想干什么就干什么。
His mother gives him what he asks for. 他要什么他母亲就给他什么。
4. 〈英口〉[常放在句末用作表示疑问的添加成分]不是吗，是不是
A fine evening, what? 真是个美好的夜晚，是不?
5. [用于感叹句]多少
What the ancient Great Wall could tell us! 古老的长城能告诉我们多少事情啊!
What he must have suffered! 他一定吃了不少苦头!
6. [关系代词]和…一样多；就像…一样
Everyone should give what he can. 每个人能出多少就该出多少。
Tell me what you remember of it. 关于这事，把你能记得起来的都告诉我。
To the Portuguese, the dry salted cod is what pasta is to the Italians. 咸鳕鱼干对葡萄牙人来说，就像面食对意大利人一样不可或缺。
7. 〈非规范〉[关系代词]…的事物(或人)
a donkey what wouldn't go 不肯挪步的驴子
the man what gave it to me 把这东西给我的那个人
8. 〈古〉[疑问代词]谁(＝ who)
9. 〈废〉＝ whoever
II a.
1. [疑问形容词]什么，什么样的；〈口〉哪个，哪些
What news? 有什么新闻?
What time (或 At what time)do you go? 你什么时候去?
What book have you chosen? 你选定了哪本书?
Of what poet were you speaking? 你们在谈哪位诗人?
I shall be back this evening. I'm not sure what train. 我今晚回去，但说不准乘哪趟火车。
2. [关系形容词]所…的，…那样的；尽量多的
What teeth he had were yellow and rotten. 他残存的那几颗牙齿又黄又蛀。
I gave him what money I had with me. 我把我身边所有的钱都给了他。
I will give what little help I can. 我愿略效绵薄。
3. [用于感叹句]多么的；何等的，怎样的
What a charming girl! 多么迷人的姑娘!
What impudence! 何等的厚颜啊!
What genius he has! 他真具有了不起的天才!
What a lot of questions they ask us in these census forms! 他们在那些人口普查表里向我们提了多少问题啊!
4. 〈古〉何等程度的
What love do you bear for her? 汝于其之爱深若几何?
III ad.
1. 在哪一方面；到何种程度
What does it matter? 这有什么关系?
2. 以某种方式；在某种程度上；部分地
What by policy, and what by force, he finally accomplished his design. 一半靠策略，一半靠力量，他终于实现了自己的计划。
3. [用于感叹句]多么，何等
What tragic news! 多么悲惨的消息!
4. 〈废〉为什么，因何缘故
IV n.
本质，实质；要素；本体
a lecture on the what and how of crop rotation 关于作物轮作本质及方法的讲座
V int.
[表示惊讶、怀疑、气愤、喜欢或不喜欢等]什么
What! No lunch? 什么!不供应午饭?
VI conj.
〈方〉到…程度；尽…那样多
He helps me what he can. 他尽其所能帮助我。
[< OE hwæt < hwā who]
phr. and what not 〈口〉以及各种其他东西，诸如此类，等等 We loaded the car with tents and pots and pans and what not. 我们把帐篷、锅、盘等等东西装上了汽车。but what 见 but¹
come what may 不管发生什么事，不管怎样
give sb. what for 见 give
I know what 见 know
I'll (或 I) tell you what ... 我的主张(或意见、建议)是…；你听我说…
know what's what 见 know
not but what 见 not
or what [用在问句末尾]还是别的什么
What are you, a nationalist, a black power advocate, or what? 你是什么人? 民族主义者? 黑人权力倡导人? 还是别的什么?
show sb. what for 使某人注意；告知某人谁负责
So what? 〈口〉
1. 那又怎么样呢? 那又有什么关系呢
A: He doesn't like you. B:So what? 甲：他不喜欢你。乙：那又怎么样呢?
2. 那又有什么法子呢?
What about...? [提出建议、询问消息或征求意见时用]…怎么样
What about (going for) a walk? 去散散步怎么样?
What about father? We can't just leave him here. 父亲怎么办? 我们不能就这样把他留在这里。
What about his qualification for the position? 他担任这职务够格吗?
What can I do for you? 见 do¹
What do you say(...)? 〈口〉[提出建议时说](…)你说怎么样? (…)你看行吗
What do you say we have a rest? 休息一下你说怎样?
what few 仅有的几个
He will visit what few friends he has. 他将拜访他仅有的几个朋友。
What (...) for 〈口〉
1. 为何目的
What is this tool used for? 这件工具有什么用途?
What did you do this for? 你为何做这件事?
2. 〈主方〉哪一种
What for a pear is that? 那是哪一个品种的梨?
What good (或 use) is it? 它可派什么用场?
what have you 〈口〉等等
clothes, books and what have you for sale 出售衣服、书籍等等
What ho! [打招呼或欢呼时的用语]嗨! 嗬!
what if 1. 如果…将会怎么样
What if it's true? 如果这是真的又怎么样?
2. 即使…又有什么关系
A: You can't go now. B: What if I do? 甲：你现在不能去。乙：去了又有什么要紧?
what is called 所谓
what is it [用来指称自己想不起名称的东西]那个什么来着
what is more 而且，更加
What's more, we lost all our belongings. 更糟的是，我们把行李都丢了。
What is (或 was) sb. (sth.) like? 某人(某事物)是个什么样的人(事物)
What is he like? 他是个怎样的人?
What is it like? 那是个什么样的东西?
What is the weather like there? 那里的天气怎样?
what it takes 〈口〉取得成功的必要条件(如雄心、才智、金钱、美貌等)
what little 仅有的一点点
I told him what little I knew on the subject. 我将我仅有的一点有关这门学科的知识告诉了他。
What matter? 有什么关系?
what next 见 next
what of …的情况怎样
A:What of the planes? B: Returned to their bases. 甲：那些飞机怎么样了? 乙：都回到了基地。
What of it? = So what?
What say?〈美俚〉
1. = What do you say?
2. 你说什么?
What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh. 〈谚〉本性难移。
What's done cannot be undone. 见 done
what's what 〈口〉
1. 事情的真相(或究竟、诀窍)
ask somebody who knows what's what 去问知道事情真相的人
When it comes to cooking, Jenny knows what's what. 谈到烹饪，詹妮是内行。
2. 哪个是哪个；好东西与坏东西；有用的东西与无用的东西；青红皂白
cannot tell what's what 好坏不分
What's with...? 〈口〉…怎么啦?
what then? [用以询问后果或接着会发生的事]那会怎样
If the diagnosis is not correct, what then? 如果诊断错了，那会怎样呢?
what though 即使…又有什么关系
What though the way is (或 be) long? 路长又何妨?
What will people say? 人们会说什么呢? (或：这样做妥当吗?)
what with 因为，由于；考虑到
The house wasn't hard to find, what with all the flowers banked around it. 那屋子四周都是鲜花，所以并不难找。
What with continuous rain and (what with) a bad hotel, we didn't enjoy our holiday much. 由于连续下雨，旅馆又蹩脚，我们的假日过得不怎么愉快。
what you may call it = what is it |