- a thing that is unspecified or unknown某物; 某事：
we stopped for something to eat
我们停下来吃点东西
I knew something terrible had happened
我知道有可怕的事情发生了
something about her frightened me.
关于她的某些事情使我很害怕。
- used in various expressions indicating that a description or amount being stated is not exact表示模糊的概念若干; 什么; 差不多：
a wry look, something between amusement and regret
很怪的一个眼光, 像是感到有趣, 又像是有些遗憾
grassland totalling something over three hundred acres
差不多有300多英亩的草场
there were something like fifty applications.
差不多有50份申请。
- informal used for emphasis with a following adjective functioning as an adverb〈非正式〉［起强调作用, 后跟做副词用的形容词］很, 非常：
my back hurts something terrible
我的背疼得很厉害
he used to take the mickey out of me something awful.
他过去老是狠狠地嘲笑我。
- archaic or dialect to some extent; somewhat〈古或方〉有点; 稍微：
the people were something scared.
人们感到有点恐惧。
or something
- informal added as a reference to an unspecified alternative similar to the thing mentioned〈非正式〉诸如此类的什么：
you look like you just climbed a mountain or something.
你看上去好像刚爬过山或是什么的。
quite（或really）something
- informal something considered impressive or notable〈非正式〉不寻常的事; 值得注意的事。
something else
- informal an exceptional person or thing〈非正式〉异常的人（或事）; 特别出色的人（或事）：
the reaction from the crowd was something else.
人群的反应则完全不同。
something of
- to some degree在某种程度上：
Richard was something of an expert at the game.
理查德算得上是这种比赛的专家。
something or other
- 见OTHER.
there is something in -
- is worth considering; there is some truth in -值得考虑; 有些道理：
people think I'm stupid because I think there's something in this alien business.
人们觉得我蠢笨, 因为我觉得这种怪异的事真的也值得考虑。
thirty-something （forty-something, 等）
- informal an unspecified age between thirty and forty (forty and fifty, etc.)〈非正式〉30多岁（40多岁等）。