什麼是什麼——what的用法和辨析

C'mon Daddy, listen to me! It's like, it's like, all of my life, everyone has always told me, 'You're a shoe! You're a shoe, you're a shoe, you're a shoe!'. And today I just stopped and I said, 'What if I don't wanna be a shoe? What if I wanna be a- a purse, y'know? Or a- or a hat! No, I'm not saying I want you to buy me a hat, I'm saying I am a ha- It's a metaphor, Daddy!

——Friends

爸，你聽我說！就好像，大家這樣評價我這一輩子： 你是一隻鞋，你是一隻鞋！今天我倒想看看如果我不再是鞋會怎樣。 我說如果我想當皮包呢？ 或是帽子呢？不，我不需你幫我買帽子。我說我是一頂帽子。爸，這是比喻！ 

——《老友記》

一、關於what，你應該知道的用法有 

adj.

1.什麼樣的 used in questions to ask for particular information about sb / sth

What good does being evil do?

邪惡能帶來什麼好處？

2.多麼的，何等的 used to say that you think that sth is especially good, bad, etc

What a fantastic story!

一個多麼難以置信的故事啊！

adv.

1.在哪一方面；到何種程度 in what respect

In what respect do you think the film is biased?

你認爲影片在哪一方面失之偏頗？

2.（用於猜測時）嗯，哦 a express of stop(when guessing)

It's, what, eleven years or more since he's seen him.

打從他上次見他，已有，嗯，11年甚至更久了。

interj.

3.什麼；多麼 used as an exclamation expressing surprise or excitement and frequently introducing a question

'Adolphus Kelling, I arrest you on a charge of trafficking in narcotics.'——'What!'

“阿道弗斯·克林，我以販毒的罪名逮捕你。”——“什麼！”

n.

4.本質，實質 used as an interrogative expressing inquiry about the identity, nature, or value of an object or matter

You have to know what's what and when to draw the line.

你必須搞清實質以及自己的底線。

pron.

1.什麼 used in questions to ask for particular information about sb / sth

We must decide what to do next.

我們必須決定下一步做什麼。

2.多少 how much

What salary would you expect to get?

你希望拿多少薪水？

3....樣的事（或人）the thing or things that

From time out of mind people have been baffled as to what may lie beyond their immediate experience.

史前時代，人們對其切身經驗之外的事物茫然無知。

二、接下來，做個小測試吧

        can I do for you?

我能幫你什麼忙嗎?