英语释义

1. who sense 1 —used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the identity of a person

2. the thing or things that
What you need is a vacation. What angered us was the tone of the article.

3. that which the one or ones that
no income but what he gets from his writings —sometimes used in reference to a clause or phrase that is yet to come or is not yet complete
gave also, what is more valuable, understanding

4. whatever sense 1a
say what you will

5. whoever

6. that entry 4 sense 1, which sense 3, who sense 3

7. for what purpose or reason why —usually used with the other words of a question between what and for
What did you do that for? except when used alone

8. harsh treatment especially by blows or by a sharp reprimand
… gave him what for in violent Spanish …
— New Yorker

9. whatnot
novels, plays, short stories, travelogues, and what have you
— Haldeen Braddy

10. what will or would be the result if

11. what does it matter if
So what if he doesn't like it.

12. what is the situation with respect to

13. what importance can be assigned to

14. in addition furthermore

15. the true state of things
knows what's what when it comes to fashion

16. what does it matter if
What though the rose have prickles, yet 'tis plucked …
— William Shakespeare

17. in what respect how
What does he care?

18. why

19. how remarkable or striking for good or bad qualities —used especially in exclamatory utterances and dependent clauses
What mountains!Remember what fun we had?What a suggestion!What a charming girl!

20. the … that as much or as many … as
rescued what survivors they found

21. whatever sense 1a

22. any
ornament of what description soever

23. in what way

24. which thing or things
What happened?

25. which sort of thing or person
What is this? What are they, doctors? … “what could be more important than doing unimportant things?”
— Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth

26. that which
Do what you're told. From what he said, I guessed he was new.

27. whatever entry 1 sense 1
Take what you need.

28. why entry 1
He seemed in a very bad temper … though I could not tell what for.
— Anna Sewell, Black Beauty

29. what would happen if
What if they find out?

30. what does it matter if
So what if they do? I don't care.

31. in what way how
What does it matter?

32. how remarkable or surprising
What an idea!

33. whatever entry 2 sense 1
I don't know what else to say.

片语

what language什么语言

What For为什么；为何目的

Not what今非昔比

what have you等等；诸如此类

what with因为

what do you do你是做什么工作的

What Happened发生了什么；白宫内幕

What the什么叫做

and what not诸如此类（等于and 等等（等于what have you）；what have you或what not）

what next下一步会怎么样

what of翻译

but what而不…；但是…

or what还是其他的什么

so what那又怎样

what if假使…将会怎么样

What time几点；什么时间

What next下一步会怎么样

what is called所谓

what to do做什么；该做什么

come what may不管发生什么；无论如何

what for为什么；为何目的

What is什么是

guess what猜怎么了；猜猜看；猜怎么着

what do you like你喜欢什么

what time几点；什么时间

英汉例句

• you should heart what i said, or you will suffer for it.

  你应该牢牢记住我说的话，不然的话你要吃苦头的。

• we accredited what he said.

  我们相信他所说的话。

• find on what foundation the proposition bottoms.

  找出这个命题建立在什么基础上。

• just bung it in the machine and see what happens.

  就把它扔进机器里，看看会发生什么。

• of what family is he from?

  他出身于什么样的家庭?

• i cannot visualize what he looked like.

  我想像不出他是什么样子。

• he sucked at his cigar and then agreed with what i said.

  他吸了一口雪茄，然后对我所说的表示同意。

• they bribed the witness to forget about what he had seen.

  他们收买证人让他忘掉他所看到的事情。

• i wonder what the dickens was eating away at him.

  我不知道到底是什么事在使他烦心。

• on what charges do you arrest him?

  你们根据什么罪状拘捕他?

• what he can do is just wishing away again and again.

  他所能做的就只是一次又一次地表示愿望。

• he sat there mulling over what he should say.

  他坐在那里仔细考虑他该说些什么。

• neither of them benefited by what happened.

  他俩谁也没从发生的事情中得益。

• do what i tell you.

  按照我告诉你的去做。

• it is not how much you read but what you read that counts.

  问题不在于你读了多少书，而在于你读了哪些有价值的书。

• let him tell you what has happened.

  让他告诉你发生了什么事情。

• i exist by what i think.

  我靠所思考的东西而生存。

• be careful about what you say.

  对你所说的话小心点。

• what right have you to dictate to others?

  你有什么资格向别人发号施令?

• the events of his life concurred to make him what he was.

  他生活上的一些事件凑在一起使他变成这个样子。

• on hearing what i said, he shaked his hand and some wine swashed out of the glass.

  听见我说的话后，他的手有点发抖，把手中端的酒都溅洒出来了。

• you have made me what i am.

  你使我成了我现在这个样子。

• straighten him out; he perhaps misunderstood what i said.

  向他解释清楚，他也许误解了我的意思。

• what we eat is assimilated into our systems.

  人们吃的东西被吸收到身体里去。

• i dread to think what will happen next.

  我不愿想下一次会发生什么。

• she misunderstood what i said.

  她误解了我所说的话。