英汉词典

what 基本解释

• pron. 什么；多么；多少
• adj. 什么；多么；何等
• adv. 到什么程度，在哪一方面
• int. 什么；多么

what 中文词源

来自PIE*kwo,印欧语疑问代词根，词源同who,where,why,how.

what 英文词源

what

what: [OE] What traces its history right back to Indo-European *qwod, which also produced Latin quod ‘what’. The Germanic descendant of this was *khwat, which has evolved into German was, Dutch wat, Swedish vad, Danish hvad, and English what.

what (pron.)

Old English hwæt, referring to things in abstraction; also "why, wherefore; indeed, surely, truly," from Proto-Germanic pronoun *hwat (cognates: Old Saxon hwat, Old Norse hvat, Danish hvad, Old Frisian hwet, Dutch wat, Old High German hwaz, German was, Gothic hva "what"), from PIE *kwod, neuter singular of *kwos "who" (see who). Corresponding to Latin quid.

Meaning "what did you say?" is recorded from c. 1300. As an adjective and adverb, in Old English. As a conjunction in late Old English. Exclamatory use was in Old English. What the _____ (devil, etc.) as an exclamation of surprise is from late 14c. As an interrogative expletive at the end of sentences from 1891; common in affected British speech. Or what as an alternative end to a question is first attested 1766. What have you "anything else one can think of" is from 1925. What's up? "what is happening?" first recorded 1881.

"To give one what for is to respond to his remonstrant what for? by further assault" [Weekley]. The phrase is attested from 1873; what for? as introducing a question is from 1760. To know what is what is from c. 1400; I'll tell you what to emphasize what is about to be said is in Shakespeare.

what 词组搭配

what 双语例句

1. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?

我们活着是为了什么？不就是给邻居当笑柄，再反过来笑他们。

来自《傲慢与偏见》

2. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.

别抱怨不好的事，要对好的事心存感恩。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

3. A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player

靠过去完成的无法让人保有成功，必须在路上持续交出成绩。

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4. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.

你是什么样的人和你想成为什么样的之间的差距就是，你做了什么。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

5. Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.--Dale Carnegie

请记住，幸福不在于你是谁或者你拥有什么，而仅仅取决于你的心态！

来自金山词霸 每日一句

what 实用场景例句

What do you want?...

你想要什么？

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What did she tell you, anyway?...

总之，她告诉了你什么？

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You can imagine what it would be like driving a car into a brick wall at 30 miles an hour...

你可以想象汽车以每小时30英里的速度撞向一堵砖墙结果会怎样。

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I want to know what happened to Norman...

我想知道诺曼怎么了。

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What precisely triggered off yesterday's riot is still unclear...

究竟是什么引发了昨天的骚乱还不清楚。

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What I wanted, more than anything, was a few days' rest...

我最想要的就是能休息几天。

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She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years...

她处于医生所说的不可逆性植物人状态已经5年了。

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Meanwhile, most young people in the West are expected to leave what could be life's most momentous decision—marriage—almost entirely up to luck.

同时，人们认为西方的大多数年轻人把婚姻这一可能是人生最重要的决定几乎完全交由命运来安排。

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He drinks what is left in his glass as if it were water...

他把杯子里剩下的东西当水一样全喝了下去。

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He moved carefully over what remained of partition walls.

他小心翼翼地跨过残余的隔墙。

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'Dad?' — 'What?' — 'Can I have the car tonight?'

“爸爸？”——“什么事？”——“我今晚能用车吗？”

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'They could paint this place,' she said. 'What?' he asked.

“他们可以粉刷这个地方，”她说。“什么？”他问。

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'Adolphus Kelling, I arrest you on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.'—'What?'

“阿道弗斯·克林，我以贩毒的罪名逮捕你。”——“什么？”

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'We've got the car that killed Myra Moss.' — 'What!'

“我们已经找到撞死迈拉·莫斯的车了。”——“真的！”

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What a horrible thing to do...

做这样的事简直太可怕了！

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What a busy day.

多么忙碌的一天啊。

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It's, what, eleven years or more since he's seen him...

打从他上次见他，已有，嗯，11年甚至更久了。

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This piece is, what, about a half an hour long?

这首曲子有，嗯，大约半个小时那么长，对吗？

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Guess what? I'm going to dinner at Mrs. Combley's tonight...

你猜怎么着？今晚我要去康伯利夫人家里赴宴。

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Do you know what? I'm going to the circus this afternoon.

你知道吗？我下午要去看马戏。

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Look at that moon. Is that beautiful or what?...

看看那月亮，它真漂亮，不是吗？

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Am I wasting my time here, or what?

我是在这儿浪费时间吗，是不是啊？

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'I skipped off school today,' — 'So what? What's so special about that?'...

“我今天逃学了。”——“那又怎样？有什么特别的吗？”

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'This is Hollywood, U.S.A., where they make all the movies, remember.' — 'What of it?'...

“记住，这是美国的好莱坞，所有那些影片都是在这里制作的。”——“那又如何？”

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Tell you what, let's stay here another day.

我想，我们可以在这里再呆一天。

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What about going out with me tomorrow?...

明天和我一起出去怎么样？

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'What about Sunday evening at Frank's?' — 'Sure. What time?'...

“周日晚上在弗兰克家怎么样？”——“好啊，几点？”

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Now you've talked about work on daffodils, what about other commercially important flowers, like roses?...

既然你们已谈到了种植水仙花，那么其他具有重要商业价值的花卉呢，比如玫瑰？

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And what about when you were in the fifth year, did people give you careers advice on coming to college?...

那么在你五年级时，有人就上大学给过你择业方面的建议吗？

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'This thing with the Corbett woman.'—'Oh, yeah. What about her?'

“是跟那个科比特家的女人有关的事。”——“哦，是吗，她怎么了？”

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