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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。
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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。”
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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。
Word OriginOld 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