单词 | might could |
释义 | > as lemmasmight could c. U.S. regional (chiefly southern) and Scottish. might could: might be able to. ΚΠ 1859 in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) vi. 245 I know I might could & should enjoy myself. a1917 E. C. Smith Mang Howes & Knowes (1925) 13 Yince an A'd wun there, A thocht, A micht mebbies cood geet a hurl the lenth o Hawick. 1923 ‘H. Foulis’ Hurricane Jack xvii. 88 They might could put up a bit o' a deck-house where a body could get a cup o' tea and a penny thing at tuppence. 1946 L. Lenski Blue Ridge Billy i. 10 You might could grub yarbs. 1987 C. Edgerton Walking across Egypt iv. 98 If Lamar'd give me a place to live I might could get out of here. 2000 P. Beatty Tuff viii. 116 This might could work. 2016 G. Falconer in Lallans 88 109 Plowterin throu a wark o leeteratur in sic a fickle form is nae fun for the reader, whit micht coud mean that it bides unfeenisht. < as lemmas |
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