| 释义 |
p'raps, adv.|præps|
Also praps, p'r'aps, p'rhaps.
Repr. colloq. pronuncs. of perhaps adv.
1835Hood Poetry, Prose, & Worse v, He..is p'rhaps the sole Bard at this present Whose Poems are certain to pay. 1837Dickens Pickw. xxxii, ‘Very good, sir,’ responded Mrs. Raddle, with lofty politeness. ‘Then p'raps, sir, you'll’ [etc.]. 1898G. B. Shaw Candida i. 93, I did think you a bit of a fool once; but I'm beginnin' to think that praps I was be'ind the times a bit. 1912Masefield Widow in Bye St. 24 We might go round one evening, p'raps. 1912R. Fry Lett. (1972) I. 358 Don't leave this letter about... P'raps you'll want to burn it. 1955N. Marsh Scales of Justice iv. 75, I know what they'll say about me. Not you, p'r'aps, but the others. 1974‘P. B. Yuill’ Bornless Keeper iv. 33 Praps we'd better both wait. 1976D. Clark Dread & Water vi. 126 P'raps you'll tell me what you're gunna do about it? |