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单词 hafta
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haftav.

Brit. /ˈhaftᵿ/, U.S. /ˈhæftə/, /ˈhəftə/
Forms:

α. 1800s– hafta, 1800s– hafter, 1900s– haffta, 1900s– haffter, 1900s– haftae (Scottish), 1900s– haftuh, 1900s– halfto (U.S. regional), 1900s– huftae (U.S. regional).

β. English regional 1800s– hetta, 1900s– hatta, 1900s– etta; U.S. regional 1800s hatter, 1800s hattuh.

γ. 1900s– evta (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1900s– havta, 1900s– havta', 1900s– havtae (Scottish), 1900s– huvtae (Scottish).

δ. 1900s– haffuh (U.S. (in African-American usage)).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English have to.
Etymology: Representing a colloquial or regional pronunciation of have to (see have v. VII.).With the forms hafter and haffter compare ter prep. In α. forms with assimilation of the final (voiced) consonant of have to the initial (unvoiced) consonant of to ; in δ. forms with subsequent loss of the dental.
colloquial and regional (originally U.S.).
= ‘have to’ (see have v. VII.).
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1840 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 21 Oct. 182 A subscriber informs us that if we do not accommodate him in a certain way about paying his subscription for the Journal, he ‘shall hafter stop it.’
1853 E. P. Pearson Cousin Franck's Househ. (ed. 3) x. 153 Women hafter do ivry blessed thing as is done.
1899 Wantah (Indiana) Mirror 9 Mar. He's a go as you please fella, and jest does it becuz he doesn't hafta.
1907 C. Ryland Aunt Jemimy's Maxims 59 De futhuh he haftuh trabble de mo' he preciates you when he gits dyah.
1962 Motor Boating Mar. 153/1 The unofficial Coast Guard creed, ‘We gotta go out but we don't havta' come back.’
1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting (1994) 109 Ah feel better right away. Huvtae fuckin watch the time, but.
2003 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 10 Aug. 6 In the winter you hafta put the maggots in yer mouth to keep 'em warm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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