some /sʌm/
Meaning
English definition
- (adj.) quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
- (adj.) relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
- (adj.) relatively many but unspecified in number
Chinese translation
- pron. 一些, 一部分, 若干
- adv. 大约
- a. 一些的, 少许的, 某一的
Word details
- Part of speech
- determiner
- Pronunciation
- /sʌm/
- Syllables
- 1
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao
- Frequency
- Zipf 6.2 · Common
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