[しょう, shou] (pref) (1) (See 小皿) small; little; slight; (2) (See 小半日, 弱・じゃく・2) slightly less than; just about; (3) (See こざっぱり) somewhat; somehow; (4) (See 小役人) minor (sometimes derogatory); petty #659[Add to Longdo]
[doumo] (int) (1) (abbr) (See どうも有難う) thanks; (adv) (2) much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret); (3) quite; really; (4) somehow; (5) (in positive sense, esp. どうも〜しまう) (See どうしても) in spite of oneself; no matter how hard one may try (one is unable to) (with negative verb); no matter how hard one may try not to (one ends up doing) (with positive verb, esp. -shimau); (int) (6) greetings; hello; goodbye; (P) #4,235[Add to Longdo]
[doukashita ; doukashite] (exp) by mere chance; by some chance; somehow or other; in some way [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Somehow \Some"how`\ (s[u^]m"hou`), adv.
In one way or another; in some way not yet known or
designated; by some means; as, the thing must be done
somehow; he lives somehow.
[1913 Webster]
By their action upon one another they may be swelled
somehow, so as to shorten the length. --Cheyne.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The indefiniteness of somehow is emphasized by the
addition of or other.
[1913 Webster]
Although youngest of the familly, he has somehow
or other got the entire management of all the
others. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster] Somersault
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
somehow
adv 1: in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified
means; "they managed somehow"; "he expected somehow to
discover a woman who would love him"; "he tried to make
is someway acceptable" [syn: {somehow}, {someway},
{someways}, {in some way}, {in some manner}]
2: for some unspecified reason; "It doesn't seem fair somehow";
"he had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it";
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
