| 释义 |
whaffor, adv. colloq.|hwɒˈfɔː(r)|
Also waffor, whaffer.
[Repr. colloq. pronunc.: see what pron. 11 a.]
‘What for?’; why? for what reason?
1922‘R. Crompton’ More William (1923) ix. 152 ‘Waffor does it not like me?’ persisted Thomas... ‘Flies don't like people, silly.’ ‘Waffor not?’ 1969P. A. Smith Folklore Austral. Railwaymen 85 The guard saw the fireman climbing the fence to the adjacent paddock. Ask him whaffor! F. said he was going for another shovel. 1982R. Lewis Gathering of Ghosts iv. 112 ‘I'd like to go up and inspect the barn’... ‘Whaffor?’ ‘To be certain nothing's been done to it.’ |