English Dictionary

the thing

noun

(predicative) The needful thing: something suitable for the purpose. / (predicative) The desired thing: someone or something that is popularly favored.

I saw the thing at the store.

意味（1）

(predicative) The needful thing: something suitable for the purpose.

This book isn't quite the thing.

意味（2）

(predicative) The desired thing: someone or something that is popularly favored.

He liked Tom all right... Sampson and Bullock he could do without, however. Especially Sampson, who was too much of a grammar-school-type swot ever to be quite the thing.