资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
--Shak.
The number slain on the rebel's part were some two
thousand. --Bacon.
5. Considerable in number or quality. ``Bore us some leagues
to sea.'' --Shak.
On its outer point, some miles away. The lighthouse
lifts its massive masonry. --Longfellow.
6. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from
other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and
others another.
Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell
into good ground. --Matt. xiii.
7, 8.
7. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed
sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.
Your edicts some reclaim from sins, But most your
life and blest example wins. --Dryden.
{All and some}, one and all. See under {All}, adv. [Obs.]
Note: The illiterate in the United States and Scotland often
use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an
equivalent expression; as, I am some tired; he is some
better; it rains some, etc.
{Some . . . some}, one part . . . another part; these . . .
those; -- used distributively.
Some to the shores do fly, Some to the woods, or
whither fear advised. --Daniel.
Note: Formerly used also of single persons or things: this
one . . . that one; one . . . another.
Some in his bed, some in the deep sea. --Chaucer.