| 单词 | what-if |
| 释义 | what-if[ hwuht-if, hwot‐, wuht‐, wot‐ ] / ˈʰwʌtˈɪf, ˈʰwɒt‐, ˈwʌt‐, ˈwɒt‐ / adjectivehypothetical: a what-if scenario. nouna hypothetical case or situation; conjecture: a series of what-ifs. Origin of what-ifFirst recorded in 1980–85 Words nearby what-ifwhatevs, what for, what gives, what goes around comes around, what have you, what-if, what in the world, what is more, what it takes, what'll, what makes one tick Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for what-if
British Dictionary definitions for what-ifwhat-if nouninformal a hypothetical question; speculationone of the great what-ifs of modern history Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with what-ifwhat if Suppose that, as in What if the speaker doesn't get here in time? This expression is in effect a shortening of “what would happen if.” It was first recorded about 1420. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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