释义 |
Idiom something of the sort Theme: SIMILARITY something of the kind just mentioned.The tree isn't exactly a spruce tree, just something of the sort.Jane has a cold or something of the sort.
something of the sortSomething that is similar to, close to, or like what was said or is in question. A: "I just heard there's going to be a round of layoffs across the entire company!" B: "Hmm, I've been expecting something of the sort for a while now." A: "Didn't Mary warn you about the outages last week?" B: "I think she mentioned something of the sort, but I was distracted and didn't really hear what she was saying." something of the/that ˈkind/ˈsort something like what has been said: ‘He’s resigning.’ ‘I’d suspected something of the kind.’ |