- n. 种类；性质；某种人；方式；排序
- v. 把……分类；挑选；整理
名复: sorts
动变: 过去式:sorted 过去分词:sorted 现在进行时:sorting
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n.[C]
- 种类，品种，类型
- 性质；性格
- （常与修饰语连用）某种人，某类人[S1]
- 方式，样子
- 【电脑】排序
vt.
- 把……分类
- 挑选，区分
- 整理
短语
of sorts
- 勉强称得上的
out of sorts
- 【口】身体不适；心情不佳
sort of
- 有几分，有那么点儿
sort out
- 挑出
派生
a.
sortable
n.
sorter
辨析
以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
n.
- a category of people or things with a common feature. ▸informal a person with a specified nature.
- Computing the arrangement of data in a prescribed sequence.
- archaic a manner or way.
v.
- arrange systematically in groups. ▸separate from a mixed group.▸ (sort through) look at in succession for classification or to make a selection.
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(sort someone/thing out)
resolve a problem or difficulty. ▸ (sort someone out) informal deal with a troublesome person.
Phrase
- in some sort
dated to some extent. - of a sort (or of sorts) of a somewhat unusual or inferior kind.
- out of sorts
slightly unwell or unhappy. - sort of
informal to some extent.
Derivative
- sortable adj.
- sorter n.
Usage
The construction these sort of, as in I don't want to answer these sort of questions, is ungrammatical and should be avoided in formal writing. This is because these is plural and needs to agree with a plural noun; the correct usage is these sorts of questions. See also usage at kind1.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. sorte, from an alt. of L. sors, sort- ‘lot, condition’.
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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