det (1)什么，哪一个(些)(used to ask sb to point out one or more things or persons)(作疑问词)：W～colour/clothes/kind of tooth-paste do you like? 你喜欢哪一种颜色/衣服/牙膏? W～idiot/fool told you that? 哪个白痴/傻瓜告诉你的? W～time/day/date/shape is it? 现在几点了/今天是星期几/今天是几号/是什么式样的? W～size shoes do you wear? 你穿多大号鞋? In～sense is George moralistic? 乔治的道德观念是什么?We didn't know～bus to get. 我们不知道乘哪路车。

(2)……的事(人)(used to specify a particular thing or person)(作关系词)：I've spent～money I had. 我把自己的钱都花光了。Lend me～men you have. 把你手下的人都借给我。W～few friends I have here have been very kind to me. 我在这里为数不多的几个朋友一直对我非常好。The house consumed～little there was of my spare time. 这座房子耗费了我所拥有的那一点点业余时间。She is responsible for～little I have learned. 我所学的这点知识都是她教给我的。

(3)多么(used in exclamation)(用于感叹句中)：W～fools they are! 他们多么傻! W～help you gave me! 你给了我多大帮助啊! W～a pity! 多么令人遗憾! W～beautiful weather! 多么好的天气!W～a good idea/clever girl! 多么好的主意/聪明的女孩!I told them～smart girls they are. 我对她们讲她们是多么聪明的女孩呀。

pron(1)什么(used to ask sb to state one or more things)(作疑问词)：W～is your name/telephone number/address/plan/hobby? 你叫什么名字/你的电话号码是多少/你的地址是哪里/你有什么计划/你有什么业余爱好? W～happened? 发生了什么事? W～did you say/do/ask? 你说/做/问了什么? W～would you like/care for breakfast? 你早饭喜欢/想吃什么? W～can we do about it? 我们对此能做点什么? W～did he die of? 他因为什么死的? Do you know～a pendulum is? 你知道钟摆是什么吗? I don't know～to do. 我不知道该做什么? Tell me～'s wrong? 告诉我哪儿错了?

(2)……的事物(used to specify a certain thing)(作关系词)：He mixed～is real with～is unreal. 他把真的和假的混在了一起。A computer can only do～you have programmed it to do. 计算机只能按你编的程序运转。W～he really needs is a cup of hot coffee. 他真正需要的是一杯热咖啡。W～once took a century now takes only ten months. 过去一个世纪才能完成的事情，现在仅需10个月。He went to the meeting and，～was worse/more important，insisted on speaking. 他参加会了，更糟糕的/更重要的是他还坚决要求发言。

and what not 等等(infml)：They will send you food supplies and～not by air. 他们将用飞机给你们送去食物及其他物品。

give sb/get what for 严惩(infml)：The parents will give the boy～for if he does not do his homework again. 这个男孩如果再不完成作业，他父母将给他严厉的惩罚。The gangsters got～for since they had beaten one of them. 歹徒们因为殴打他们中的一个人而受到严惩。

what for 为什么目的：W～is this switch for? 这个开关是干什么用的?

what if... 要是……又怎样：W～if they find out the truth? 要是他们查明了真相怎么办呢?

what of it/that? 那又怎么样?(infml)：Yes，I told him the truth. W～of it/that? 是的，我告诉了他真相。那又怎么样?

what's what 怎么回事，事理(infml)： I just cannot tell you～is～. 我无法告诉你是怎么回事。

what with sth 由于……的原因：W～with the continuous rain，the match has been put off for several times. 由于连续降雨，比赛几次延期。

→′what-d'you-call-him n 你们叫他什么来着;′whatnot n 不知叫什么名字的小玩意儿;

interj(1)真的吗(used to express one's surprise or disbelief)：W～? You have won the first prize? 真的吗? 你得了第一名? “I have passed the driving test.” “W～?” “我通过了驾驶测验。”“有这种事?”

(2)什么(used to ask sb to say sth again)(infml)：W～? Can you say that again? 什么? 你能再说一遍吗? W～? You can't hear me? 什么?你听不见我说什么?