释义 |
s'pose, v.|spəʊz| Also spose, 'spose, spoze. Repr. an informal pronunc. of suppose v.
1852R. S. Surtees Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour xvii. 84 Law, ma! but you don't 'spose pa would ever allow such a thing. 1873Trollope Harry Heathcote (1874) i. 12 ‘I s'pose the poor must live somewheres,’..said Mrs. Growler, the old maid-servant. 1912R. Fry Let. (1972) I. 358, I 'spose women weren't artists enough. 1936L. Durrell Let. in Spirit of Place (1969) 40, I no longer care... A new phase I spoze. 1945A. Kober Parm Me 44 If you're not enjoying yesself, Max, spose you sit with them. 1968D. O'Grady Bottle of Sandwiches (1969) i. 7 ‘And s'posin' it rains in the meantime?’ ‘See what you mean. Small marquee, eh?’ 1971Black World June 72/1, I paid them out of receipts I was sposed to turn in. 1980H. R. F. Keating Murder of Maharajah iii. 37, I s'pose we're not strictly his guests. We're the Maharajah's guests. |