資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

--Shak.

      The number slain on the rebel's part were some two
      thousand.                                   --Bacon.

   5. Considerable in number or quality. ``Bore us some leagues
      to sea.'' --Shak.

            On its outer point, some miles away. The lighthouse
            lifts its massive masonry.            --Longfellow.

   6. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinct from
      other or others; as, some men believe one thing, and
      others another.

            Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell
            into good ground.                     --Matt. xiii.
                                                  7, 8.

   7. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed
      sometimes by of; as, some of our provisions.

            Your edicts some reclaim from sins, But most your
            life and blest example wins.          --Dryden.

   {All and some}, one and all. See under {All}, adv. [Obs.]

   Note: The illiterate in the United States and Scotland often
         use some as an adverb, instead of somewhat, or an
         equivalent expression; as, I am some tired; he is some
         better; it rains some, etc.

   {Some . . . some}, one part . . . another part; these . . .
      those; -- used distributively.

            Some to the shores do fly, Some to the woods, or
            whither fear advised.                 --Daniel.

   Note: Formerly used also of single persons or things: this
         one . . . that one; one . . . another.

               Some in his bed, some in the deep sea. --Chaucer.