| 单词 | i shouldn't wonder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI shouldn't wonder g. I shouldn't wonder (colloquial): I should not be surprised (if, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > lack of surprise [phrase] it is great, little, small wonderOE no selcoutha1250 no ferlyc1275 (and) no wonder!1390 no wonder that, if, or though1390 what ferlya1605 what wonder if1667 I shouldn't wonder1836 small wonder that1913 wouldn't you (just) know?1919 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 218 ‘Do you think you could manage to leave a letter there?’ interrogated Trott. ‘Shouldn't wonder,’ responded boots. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 17 I shouldn't wonder if he who said this had no notion of his own meaning. 1913 E. Wharton Custom of Country i. iii. 35 Saying..‘I wouldn't wonder’ when she thought any one was trying to astonish her. < as lemmas |
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