名複: things
thing




KK:[θɪŋ] DJ:[θiŋ]
n.[C]
- 物,東西
- 事物
- 事,事情;事件
- 題目,主題
- 【口】人;動物;傢伙;東西
- 衣服
- 需要的東西;理想的東西[the S]
- 時髦的東西[the S][(+in)]
- 愛做的事[S]
- (個人的)所有物;用品;用具[P]
- 局面;情況;形勢[P]
片語
a close/near thing
- 僥倖的脫險,千鈞一髮
a general/usual thing
- 慣例
all things considered
- 從全面考慮
among other things
- 除了別的以外
understood thing
- 心照不宣的事
as things are/stand
- 照目前情況
a thing of naught
- 無價值之東西;無用之物
辨析
同義:
n.嗜好,偏愛,偏見,傾向
liking fancy predilection predisposition preference weakness taste bent prejudice partiality tendency leaningn.事情,事物,成分,實質,個體
object article something anything it substance element solid stuff lump of matter matter lump blob constituent component ingredient building block unit monad particle entity being organism creature animal substantiality materiality individuality corporeity corporeality physicality embodiment subject bodyn.事務,工作
matters affairs relations business concerns work doings dealings proceedings operations goings-onn.情況,形勢,現象,事件
circumstance situation state of affairs turn of events course of events conditions fact phenomenon experience matter case event occurrence incident doing happening hap occasion affair同義參見:
speciality object1 existence以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
n.
- an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to. ▸ (things) personal belongings or clothing.
- an inanimate material object as distinct from a living being. ▸a living creature or plant.▸a person or animal in terms of one's feelings of pity, approval, etc.:
- an action, activity, concept, or thought. ▸ (things) unspecified circumstances or matters.
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(the thing)
informal what is needed or required. ▸what is socially acceptable or fashionable.
- (one's thing) informal one's special interest or concern.
Phrase
- be hearing
(or seeing)
things
imagine that one can hear (or see) something that is not in fact there. - a close
(or near)
thing
a narrow avoidance of something unpleasant. - do one's own thing
informal follow one's own inclinations regardless of others. - have a thing about
informal have a preoccupation or obsession with. - there is only one thing for it
there is only one possible course of action.
Etymology
OE (also in the senses ‘meeting’ and ‘matter, concern’), of Gmc origin.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》