something
pronoun
uk/ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/us/ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/A1
anobject,situation,quality, oractionthat is notexactlyknownorstated:
某物；某事；某个东西There's somethingsharpin myshoe.我的鞋子里有个尖东西。
Something in thecupboardsmellsweird.碗柜里什么东西有股怪味。
Wethoughtthere was somethingwrongbecause we hadn'theardfrom you.我们没有了你的消息，还以为出了什么事呢。
There's somethingwrongwith theengine- it's makingstrangenoises.引擎出了什么问题——它发出奇怪的噪音。
Something'shappenedtoupsethim but we don'tknowwhat it is.一定发生了什么事让他烦躁不安，可我们不知道究竟是什么事。
Iheardsomethingworryingatworkthismorning.今天早上一上班我就听说了一件令人十分担忧的事。
Is there something you'd like to say?你有什么话要说吗？
Don't juststandthere,dosomething.别在那儿干站着，做点什么吧。
There's just somethingstrangeabout him.他有什么地方不对劲。
Note:
- Something is not usually used in negatives and questions.
to take action
- take actionIt may already be too late to take action to prevent the loss of habitat these animals face.
- actThey need to act decisively to prevent further damage to crops.
- take measuresWe call on the government to take the necessary measures to bring to justice those responsible for this attack.
- take stepsThe authorities have taken steps to prevent any reoccurrence of the problem.
- do somethingIt's about time the government did something about it.
a thing for which you aregrateful,especiallybecause anunpleasantthing has alsohappened:
还算幸运的事；聊以自慰的事We were given five hundredpoundsincompensationwhich isn't much but at least it's something.我们得到了500英镑的补偿费，虽然不多，但至少还算幸运。
- Isawsomethingmoveout of thecornerof myeye.
- Sheseemstowearsomething different everyday.
- There's somethingspecialabout him.
- Sheleanedover andwhisperedsomething in hisear.
- If it doesn'twork,trysomethingelse.
Something, anything, nothing, and everything
- across-the-board
- anything
- aught
- bazillion
- bubkes
- fresh
- matter
- nil
- none
- not a dicky birdidiom
- not a sausageidiom
- not/nothing muchidiom
- sweet
- sweet fanny adamsidiom
- the whole bitidiom
- what with one thing and anotheridiom
- whatevs
- whit
- zero
- zip
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Good luck and bad luck
Grammar
Someone,somebody,something,somewhere
Someone, somebody, something, somewhere are indefinite pronouns. They function in a similar way to some. We use them in affirmative clauses and in questions expecting a particular answer. We can use them to refer to both general and specific people or things. We use them with a singular verb:…Idioms
be (really) something
be something of asomething
be/have something to do withsomething
have got something there
have something going withsomeone
or something (like that)
something a little stronger
something else
something for nothing
something like
something like 96 percent, half, etc.
there's something insomething