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单词 want to know!
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(I) want to know!
b. U.S. regional (chiefly New England). (I) want to know!: used to express surprise. Now rare.
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1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. 45 I want to know! exclaimed the other down-easter. Well, you do know, replied the southerner.
1840 Knickerbocker 16 20 ‘I want to know!’ said the lady; ‘precious soul!’
1904 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Eri iii. 39 ‘I want to know!’ exclaimed Captain Perez. ‘You don't tell me!’ said Captain Jerry.
1963 N. Hale New Eng. Discov. p. x There is no more Yankee sentiment than that summed up in the vernacular rejoinder, ‘Well, I want to know!’
1968 E. Coatsworth Maine Memories 155 They exclaim, ‘Want to know!’ at a piece of news.
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