单词 | perchance |
释义 | perchance From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishperchanceper‧chance /pəˈtʃɑːns $ pərˈtʃæns/ adverb old use or literary1 ALMAYBEperhaps One day perchance I shall tell you.2 ALCHANCE/BY CHANCEby chance Leave now, lest perchance he find you.Examples from the Corpusperchance• One day perchance I shall tell you of it.• And so to sleep - perchance not to dream at all.• Has she, perchance, sold out to the patriarchy?• To sleep: perchance to dream: aye, there's the rub.• Computerized Hollywood is giving the world new ways to dream, or perchance to live through waking nightmares.• I looked at the double doors in horror and wondered if perchance Toplis might be hiding inside.Origin perchance (1300-1400) Old French per chance “by chance” |
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