英语词汇“what and”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(e) what if: what is or would be the case if.., what will or would happen if.., what does it matter if.., etc.; (often expressing a hypothesis or proposal) ‘suppose..’, ‘supposing..’. Similarly † what and, † what and if (see and conj.¹ II.) (obsolete (archaic in later use)).

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > subject to outside forces [phrase] > querying possibility

what ifOE

what about it1778

OE tr. Vindicta Salvatoris (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) in J. E. Cross Two Old Eng. Apocrypha (1996) 275 Gea hlaford, and hwæt gif ic swylcne man gemete, hwylce mede sceal ic hym behatan?

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 149 Wat if he leue haue of ure Heuen-Louerd For to deren us?

a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) ii. l. 15 What ȝif þylk beest ȝe hadden herd tellyng hys own wordeȝ?

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 74 Saynt Basll sayd; ‘what & I dye nott or to-morn?’

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iv. 9 What and if His sorrowes haue so ouerwhelmde his witts?

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 174 What if all Her stores were op'n'd, and this Firmament Of Hell should spout her Cataracts of Fire.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 21 My ship sails to-morrow...What if you go in her as a passenger?

1838 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 6 Oct. 291/2 ‘Oh, Jacques, are you going to fight?’ ‘Yes, Louise.’ ‘And what if you are killed?’ ‘Then I shall be happy, my dear, for I shall not see strangers and conquerors enter Paris.’

1876 R. Browning Fears & Scruples x What, and if your friend at home play tricks?

1995 Guardian 28 Jan. (Outlook section) 21/7 What if firms accept e-money as payment for goods and use it to pay workers?

2019 A. Ridker Altruists v. 84 What if we went somewhere? Like a trip? I can borrow a car.

单词	what and
释义	> as lemmas what and (e) what if: what is or would be the case if.., what will or would happen if.., what does it matter if.., etc.; (often expressing a hypothesis or proposal) ‘suppose..’, ‘supposing..’. Similarly † what and, † what and if (see and conj.¹ II.) (obsolete (archaic in later use)). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > subject to outside forces [phrase] > querying possibility what ifOE what about it1778 OE tr. Vindicta Salvatoris (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) in J. E. Cross Two Old Eng. Apocrypha (1996) 275 Gea hlaford, and hwæt gif ic swylcne man gemete, hwylce mede sceal ic hym behatan? a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 149 Wat if he leue haue of ure Heuen-Louerd For to deren us? a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) ii. l. 15 What ȝif þylk beest ȝe hadden herd tellyng hys own wordeȝ? c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 74 Saynt Basll sayd; ‘what & I dye nott or to-morn?’ 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. iv. 9 What and if His sorrowes haue so ouerwhelmde his witts? View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 174 What if all Her stores were op'n'd, and this Firmament Of Hell should spout her Cataracts of Fire. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 21 My ship sails to-morrow...What if you go in her as a passenger? 1838 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 6 Oct. 291/2 ‘Oh, Jacques, are you going to fight?’ ‘Yes, Louise.’ ‘And what if you are killed?’ ‘Then I shall be happy, my dear, for I shall not see strangers and conquerors enter Paris.’ 1876 R. Browning Fears & Scruples x What, and if your friend at home play tricks? 1995 Guardian 28 Jan. (Outlook section) 21/7 What if firms accept e-money as payment for goods and use it to pay workers? 2019 A. Ridker Altruists v. 84 What if we went somewhere? Like a trip? I can borrow a car. extracted from whatpron.adv.int.adj.¹conj.n. < as lemmas
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