thing
发音
英 [θɪŋ]
美 [θɪŋ]
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- n.
- 事件,形势
- 东西,事物
- 家伙
- 事业
单词词源
thing 东西,事物,物品
来自古英语 thing,会议,集会,讨论会,来自 Proto-Germanic*thingam,集会,词源同 hustings, 竞选活动。可能进一步来自 PIE*teng,思考,考虑,词源同 thank,think.复合词 hustings 来自 古英语 husting,会议,来自 house,屋子,thing,集会。后词义由会议引申为讨论的内容,最后 词义极大的扩大化,引申诸多具体和抽象的词义。
同义词
doings operations relations proceedings goings-on dealings business matters concerns affairs work
mania loathing quirk crotchet terror consternation dislike paranoia distaste abomination obsession fixation horror superstition fear trepidation
it animal unit materiality body matter constituent embodiment stuff component blob ingredient anything substance physicality creature particle corporeity block individuality subject building lump entity article monad substantiality object something of being organism solid element corporeality
leaning prejudice weakness fancy bent preference taste liking partiality predisposition predilection tendency
homework charge housework spadework chore errand job mission assignment task duty odd busyness service commission detail
of fact situation incident affairs circumstance events affair event turn course occasion doing matter occurrence hap phenomenon experience conditions happening case state
contrivance widget what's-its-name contraption gizmo the mechanism thingamabob fandangle thingamajig doohickey gadget whatchamacallit dingus gimmick item hand device bird apparatus whatsit in
view intention ultimate aim idea purpose scheme design purport object objective significance goal end intent point implication
双语例句
- 1. This crisis of meaningless is a relatively new thing .
- 相对而言,这场意义缺失危机是新事物。
- 2. This is a wonderful thing .
- 这是一件美妙的事情。
- 3. Do you really need this thing ?
- 你确实需要这些东西吗?
- 4. But here 's the interesting thing .
- 但这时有些有趣的事。
- 5. By adding one thing to my purpose nothing .
- 加此一物后,我意成泡影。
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