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单词 what the hell
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Hell /hel/

noun
  1. The place of the dead in general
  2. The place or state of punishment of the wicked after death
  3. The abode of evil spirits
  4. The powers of Hell
  5. (the following meanings without cap) any place of vice or misery
  6. A place of turmoil
  7. (a state of) supreme misery or discomfort
  8. Anything causing misery, pain or destruction
  9. Ruin, havoc
  10. Commotion, uproar
  11. Severe censure or chastisement
  12. Used in various colloquial phrases expressing displeasure, emphasis, etc (as in what in hell?, get the hell out of here, I wish to hell he'd go away)
  13. A gambling house
  14. A space under a tailor's board, or other receptacle for waste
  15. The den in certain games
interjection (informal)

Expressing displeasure or used for mildly shocking effect

intransitive verb

To live or act in a wild or dissolute fashion (usu with around)

ORIGIN: OE hel, hell; ON hel, Ger Hölle; perh related to Hel, Norse goddess of the dead

hellˈer noun

An obstreperous troublesome person

hellion /helˈyən/ noun

  1. A troublesome, mischievous child, or other troublesome person (esp US; informal; possibly related to hallion)
  2. Someone given to diabolical conduct

hellˈish adjective

  1. Relating to or like hell
  2. Very bad, severe, etc
  3. Often used to express displeasure (informal)

hellˈish or hellˈishly adverb

  1. In the manner of hell
  2. Often used intensively (informal)

hellˈishness noun

hellˈova or hellˈuva adjective (informal)

Hell of a (see below)

adverb

Very

hellˈward adjective and adverb

Towards hell

hellˈwards adverb

hellˈbender noun

  1. A large American salamander
  2. A reckless or debauched person

hellˈ-bent adjective

(with on) recklessly determined

adverb

With reckless determination

hellˈ-black adjective (Shakespeare)

Black as hell

hellˈ-born adjective

  1. Born in hell
  2. Of hellish origin

hellˈ-box noun

A receptacle for broken type

hellˈ-bred adjective

hellˈ-broth noun (Shakespeare)

A concoction boiled up for malignant purposes

hellˈcat noun

  1. A malignant hag
  2. A violent-tempered woman

hellˈ-fire or hellˈfire noun

  1. The fire of hell
  2. Punishment in hell

hellˈ-gate noun

The entrance into hell

hellˈ-hated adjective (Shakespeare)

Hated or abhorred as hell

hellˈhole noun

  1. The pit of hell
  2. An evil, frightening place

hellˈhound noun

  1. A hound of hell
  2. An agent of hell

hellˈ-kite noun (Shakespeare)

A kite of infernal breed

hellˈraiser noun

A person who enjoys boisterous debauchery

hellˈraising noun and adjective

hell's angel noun

(often with cap) a member of a gang of motorcyclists, orig notorious for violent or antisocial behaviour

hell's bells, teeth, etc interjection (informal)

Expressions of irritation, surprise, etc

The following phrases are all informal:

all hell breaks (or is let) loose

There is chaos or uproar

as hell

  1. Absolutely
  2. Very

beat, kick, knock, etc (the) hell out of

To beat, etc severely

come hell or high water

No matter what difficulties may be encountered

for the hell of it

For fun or adventure

from hell

Considered to be the worst of their kind, as in neighbours from hell

give someone hell

  1. To punish, castigate or rebuke someone severely
  2. To cause someone pain or misery

hell for leather

At a furious pace

hell of a

Great, terrific, very, as in at a hell of a speed, a hell of a row

hell to pay

Serious trouble, unpleasant consequences

like hell

  1. Very much, very hard, very fast, etc
  2. (also the hell or hell) used to express strong disagreement or refusal (as in like hell I will!, the hell I will!, will I hell!)

not have a cat in hell's chance see under cat1

not have a hope in hell

To have no hope at all

play hell with see under play

raise hell see under raise1

to hell with

An expression of angry disagreement with or intention to ignore, etc (someone or something)

what the hell

  1. It does not matter
  2. Who cares?
  3. Used to express surprise

what /(h)wot/

interrog pronoun and adjective

Neuter of who, used to form questions regarding identity, selection from an indefinite number, nature, value, etc (also used elliptically, as in what did you say?, what do you think?, what is it?)

interrog pronoun (obsolete)

Who?

relative pronoun and adjective
  1. That which
  2. Such … as
  3. Which (dialect)
  4. Any or anything whatever
  5. Whoever (Shakespeare)
indefinite pronoun (or noun)
  1. Something
  2. A portion, bit (Spenser)
  3. Fare, in the phrase such homely what (Spenser, Faerie Queene VI.9.7.4)
adverb
  1. Why? (obsolete)
  2. In what way, how? to what degree?
conjunction
  1. As much as (dialect)
  2. That (as in but what that … not)
interjection

Used in summoning, calling attention, expressing surprise, disapprobation, protest, etc

ORIGIN: OE hwæt, neuter of hwā who; Ger was, L quod

whatˈen or whattˈen adjective (from whatkin what kind; dialect)

  1. What
  2. What kind of

whatˈna adjective

(from whatkin a) same as whaten above

whatˈness noun

  1. What a thing is
  2. Essence
  3. Quiddity

whatˈabouts plural noun

The things one is occupied about

whatˈ-d'you-call-it, -'em, etc noun

A word substituted for the name of a thing or person in forgetfulness or contempt (also whatˈ-you-may-call-it, etc)

whatevˈer or (literary) whate'er /wot-ārˈ or hwot-ārˈ/ pronoun

  1. Anything that
  2. No matter what
  3. What? (informal)

adjective

Any or all that, no matter what

interjection

An expression intended to convey indifference

whatˈ-like adjective (dialect)

Of what kind, character or appearance

whatˈnot see separate entry; see also what not below.

what'sˈ-his- (her-, its-, etc) name noun (informal)

Someone or something indicated or understood whose name one cannot, or cannot be bothered to, recall (also whatˈsit and (US) whatˈsis)

whatˈso adjective (archaic)

Of whatever kind

pronoun

  1. Whatever (archaic)
  2. Whoever (obsolete)
  3. Whosoever (obsolete)

whatsoevˈer or (old) whatsoe'er /wot-sō-ārˈ or hwot-sō-ārˈ/ adjective and pronoun

Whatever

whatsomevˈer adjective and pronoun (dialect)

Whatsoever

what-you-may-call-it see what-d'you-call-it above.

and what all

And so on, and suchlike things

know what it is

  1. To know what is involved in an action or experience
  2. To have experienced or suffered it

or whatever (informal)

Or some such thing

so what?

What of it?

what about

  1. Do you fancy (something, or doing something)?
  2. What is your opinion of (someone or something)?
  3. Aren't you forgetting (someone or something)?

what an if (Shakespeare)

What if, or though

what else?

Could anything else be the case?

what for (informal)

Punishment, chastisement, as in I'll give you what for!

what … for?

For what reason, or with what purpose in mind? (also dialect what for…?)

what for a (obsolete)

What kind of

what have you (informal)

  1. What not
  2. Anything else of the kind

what ho

A loud hail or summons

what if

  1. What would it matter if? (also what matter if)
  2. What would happen if?

what … like?

A common form of request for a description or opinion of something or someone, as in what is she like?, what does this look, sound, like?

what next?

  1. What is to be done next?
  2. What will happen next? (often said in despair or trepidation)

what not

  1. (elliptical for ‘what may I not say?’) (and) other such things, (and) so forth
  2. (and) anything and everything else (old)

what now?

  1. What is the meaning of this latest interruption?
  2. What is to be done now?
  3. What's wrong now?

what of

  1. What comes of or follows from?
  2. What do you think of?
  3. What is the news of?

what of it?

Does it matter? (with the implication that it does not)

what's more

And, more importantly

what's new? see under new

what's what

  1. The true position of affairs
  2. The proper, conventional or profitable way to behave or proceed
  3. What really counts or matters

what's with (informal; esp US)

  1. What's the matter with?, what's up with?
  2. What do you mean by (doing something)?

what the hell, the dickens, the devil, etc (informal)

Whatever

what then?

  1. What would come of it?, what would be the consequence?
  2. What happened after that?

what though

  1. What does it matter though
  2. Notwithstanding the fact that

what time (archaic)

At the very time when

what with

Because of, considering
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