1.类似于……；有点像……
It tastes something like melon.
这吃起来有点像甜瓜。
The house looks something like a castle. 那房子看上去有点像一座城堡。
The ceremony was something like a christening. 那个典礼有点像洗礼仪式。
During the trip, he needs something like games to kill the time.
在旅途中,他需要一些游戏来消磨时间。
A picture with something like a tunnel in it is quite popular.
一张有隧道之类东西的照片很受欢迎。
We start with small talk, a polite conversation about something like traffic or weather.
我们会开始寒暄，那是一段谈论交通或天气的礼貌对话。
Something like panic overtook me
一种恐慌的感觉袭裹了我。
How could you allow him to do something like that?
你怎么会允许他做那样的事？
The only time that we attempted to do something like that was in the city of Philadelphia
只有在费城那次我们曾试着做那样的事。
Who but Rosa could think of something like that?
除了罗莎，谁会想得到那种事？
I wouldn't wish something like that on my worst enemy.
即使是我的死对头，我也不想他出那样的事。
Something like that really shatters your confidence.
那样的事情会让人的信心严重受挫。
It was so unlike him to say something like that, with such intensity, that I was astonished
他一反常态用如此强烈的语气说出那番话，着实让我吃惊。
The entire world must take notice of something like this.
全世界一定要关注这样的事情。
It is untrue to say that something like this could never happen again.
说这类事情再也不会发生是毫无事实根据的。
The air fare was about a hundred and ninety-nine pounds or something like that.
机票199英镑左右，大概是这个价钱。
2.大约，左右
They can get something like £ 3,000 a year
他们一年能挣到3,000英镑左右。
Something like ninety per cent of the corp was destroyed.
大约百分之九十的谷物遭到了毁坏。
He earns something like 35 000 pounds. 他的收入在35 000英镑上下。
There were something like a thousand people in the audience. 观众大约有上千人。
3. something like在口语里，表示：极好的，了不起的，名副其实的
That’s something like a tea.
这才是真正的茶点。
Dickens was something like a author
狄更斯是一位了不起的作家。
注意：
something of 作为习语的意思是“有点”“可以说是”。如：
My grandmother was something of a poet.
我祖母可以算得上是一位诗人。
He's something of a smooth operator.
可以说，他是一个八面玲珑的滑头。
He is something of a fighter, and will certainly want to win.
他可谓是一个斗士，当然想赢。
The south coast of Spain has become something of a tourist ghetto.
西班牙南海岸可以说已经成为旅游者的聚居区。
The modesty of the town itself comes as something of a surprise.
这座城市本身就小得让人惊讶。
In Britain there's been something of a vogue for these books.
在英国，这些书还算流行。
Wood’s performance in the tournament was something of a disappointment.
伍兹在联赛中的表现多少有些令人失望。
The city proved to be something of a disappointment
结果这座城市有点儿令人失望。
Frank Spriggs was a very able man but something of a closed book
弗兰克·斯普里格斯是一个很有才干的人，但是有些让人捉摸不透。
As Dr Smith left he said that the inquiry was something of a red herring.
史密斯博士离开时说这次调查只是为掩人耳目。
Adam is clever enough, but he's also something of an egomaniac.
亚当足够聪明，但是他也有点自私自利。
The discovery was something of a fluke
这个发现多少有点机缘巧合。
