| 释义 |
whyn't, v. dial. and colloq. (chiefly U.S.).|ˈhwaɪənt|
[Contraction, f. why adv. (n., int.): see not adv. and n.2 A. 2 a.]
Why don't? why didn't? Also ˈwhyn('t)cha, why don't (or didn't) you?
[1891R. P. Chope Dial. Hartland 84 Why-n'ee go an' zee vor yurzell?] 1909Dialect Notes III. 387 Whyn't, a common contraction for why didn't, why don't, etc. ‘Whyn't you come?’ 1939J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath xxviii. 565 Whyn't ya whup her, Ma?.. Go on, give her a whup. 1968W. Labov et al. in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 344/1 Whyntcha tell me a couple of jokes. 1973J. Goodfield Courier to Peking iv. 59 If you don't like it here, whyncha go back where you came from. 1982Christian Science Monitor 28 Dec. 21/2 If it's a turtle it's dead as a doornail. It even stinks. Whyn't you chuck it back in the pond? 1989T. Tryon Night of Moonbow iv. v. 264 Whyn'tcha tell me and I kin relay the message to him. |