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what though
儘管…有什?關係
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
What
pron.,
a
., & adv.
1.
As
an
interrogative
pronoun
,
used
in
asking
questions
regarding
either
persons
or
things
;
as
,
what
is
this
?
what
did
you
say
?
what
poem
is
this
?
what
child
is
lost
?
What
see'st
thou
in
the
ground?
--
Shak
.
What
is
man
,
that
thou
art
mindful
of
him?
--
Ps
.
viii
. 4.
What
manner
of
man
is
this
,
that
even
the
winds
and
the
sea
obey
him!
--
Matt
.
viii
. 27.
Note:
☞
Originally
,
what
,
when
,
where
,
which
,
who
,
why
,
etc
.,
were
interrogatives
only
,
and
it
is
often
difficult
to
determine
whether
they
are
used
as
interrogatives
or
relatives
.
What
in
this
sense
,
when
it
refers
to
things
,
may
be
used
either
substantively
or
adjectively
;
when
it
refers
to
persons
,
it
is
used
only
adjectively
with
a
noun
expressed
,
who
being
the
pronoun
used
substantively
.
2.
As
an
exclamatory
word
: --
(a)
Used
absolutely
or
independently
; --
often
with
a
question
following
.
“
What
welcome
be
thou.”
What
,
could
ye
not
watch
with
me
one
hour?
--
Matt
.
xxvi
. 40.
(b)
Used
adjectively
,
meaning
how
remarkable
,
or
how
great
;
as
,
what
folly
!
what
eloquence
!
what
courage
!
What
a
piece
of
work
is
man!
--
Shak
.
O
what
a
riddle
of
absurdity!
--
Young
.
Note:
☞
What
in
this
use
has
a
or
an
between
itself
and
its
noun
if
the
qualitative
or
quantitative
importance
of
the
object
is
emphasized
.
(c)
Sometimes
prefixed
to
adjectives
in
an
adverbial
sense
,
as
nearly
equivalent
to
how
;
as
,
what
happy
boys
!
What
partial
judges
are
our
love
and
hate!
--
Dryden
.
3.
As
a
relative
pronoun
: --
(a)
Used
substantively
with
the
antecedent
suppressed
,
equivalent
to
that
which
,
or
those
[
persons
]
who
,
or
those
[
things
]
which
; --
called
a
compound
relative
.
With
joy
beyond
what
victory
bestows
.
--
Cowper
.
I'm
thinking
Captain
Lawton
will
count
the
noses
of
what
are
left
before
they
see
their
whaleboats
.
--
Cooper
.
What
followed
was
in
perfect
harmony
with
this
beginning
.
--
Macaulay
.
I
know
well
. . .
how
little
you
will
be
disposed
to
criticise
what
comes
to
you
from
me
.
--
J
.
H
.
Newman
.
(b)
Used
adjectively
,
equivalent
to
the
. . .
which
;
the
sort
or
kind
of
. . .
which
;
rarely
,
the
. . .
on
,
or
at
,
which
.
See
what
natures
accompany
what
colors
.
--
Bacon
.
To
restrain
what
power
either
the
devil
or
any
earthly
enemy
hath
to
work
us
woe
.
--
Milton
.
We
know
what
master
laid
thy
keel
,
What
workmen
wrought
thy
ribs
of
steel
. --
Longfellow
.
(c)
Used
adverbially
in
a
sense
corresponding
to
the
adjectival
use
;
as
,
he
picked
what
good
fruit
he
saw
.
4.
Whatever
;
whatsoever
;
what
thing
soever
; --
used
indefinitely
.
“
What
after
so
befall.”
Whether
it
were
the
shortness
of
his
foresight
,
the
strength
of
his
will
, . . .
or
what
it
was
.
--
Bacon
.
5.
Used
adverbially
,
in
part
;
partly
;
somewhat
; --
with
a
following
preposition
,
especially
,
with
,
and
commonly
with
repetition
.
What
for
lust
[
pleasure
]
and
what
for
lore
.
--
Chaucer
.
Thus
,
what
with
the
war
,
what
with
the
sweat
,
what
with
the
gallows
,
and
what
with
poverty
,
I
am
custom
shrunk
.
--
Shak
.
The
year
before
he
had
so
used
the
matter
that
what
by
force
,
what
by
policy
,
he
had
taken
from
the
Christians
above
thirty
small
castles
.
--
Knolles
.
Note:
☞
In
such
phrases
as
I
tell
you
what
,
what
anticipates
the
following
statement
,
being
elliptical
for
what
I
think
,
what
it
is
,
how
it
is
,
etc
.
“I
tell
thee
what
,
corporal
Bardolph
,
I
could
tear
her.”
--
Shak
.
Here
what
relates
to
the
last
clause
,
“I
could
tear
her;”
this
is
what
I
tell
you
.
What
not
is
often
used
at
the
close
of
an
enumeration
of
several
particulars
or
articles
,
it
being
an
abbreviated
clause
,
the
verb
of
which
,
being
either
the
same
as
that
of
the
principal
clause
or
a
general
word
,
as
be
,
say
,
mention
,
enumerate
,
etc
.,
is
omitted
.
“Men
hunt
,
hawk
,
and
what
not
.”
--
Becon
.
“Some
dead
puppy
,
or
log
,
or
what
not
.”
--
C
.
Kingsley
.
“Battles,
tournaments
,
hunts
,
and
what
not
.”
--
De
Quincey
.
Hence
,
the
words
are
often
used
in
a
general
sense
with
the
force
of
a
substantive
,
equivalent
to
anything
you
please
,
a
miscellany
,
a
variety
,
etc
.
From
this
arises
the
name
whatnot
,
applied
to
an
étagère
,
as
being
a
piece
of
furniture
intended
for
receiving
miscellaneous
articles
of
use
or
ornament
.
But
what
is
used
for
but
that
,
usually
after
a
negative
,
and
excludes
everything
contrary
to
the
assertion
in
the
following
sentence
.
“Her
needle
is
not
so
absolutely
perfect
in
tent
and
cross
stitch
but
what
my
superintendence
is
advisable.”
--
Sir
W
.
Scott
.
“Never
fear
but
what
our
kite
shall
fly
as
high.”
--
Ld
.
Lytton
.
What ho!
an
exclamation
of
calling
.
What if
,
what
will
it
matter
if
;
what
will
happen
or
be
the
result
if
.
“
What
if
it
be
a
poison?”
--
Shak
.
What of this?
What of that?
What of it?
etc
.,
what
follows
from
this
,
that
,
it
,
etc
.,
often
with
the
implication
that
it
is
of
no
consequence
;
so
what
?
“All
this
is
so
;
but
what
of
this
,
my
lord?”
--
Shak
.
“The
night
is
spent
,
why
,
what
of
that
?”
--
Shak
.
What though
,
even
granting
that
;
allowing
that
;
supposing
it
true
that
.
“
What
though
the
rose
have
prickles
,
yet't
is
plucked.”
--
Shak
.
What time
,
or
What time as
,
when
. [
Obs
.
or
Archaic
]
“
What
time
I
am
afraid
,
I
will
trust
in
thee.”
--
Ps
.
lvi
. 3.
What time
the
morn
mysterious
visions
brings
.
--
Pope
.
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