| 单词 | by any chance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby any chance a. As it falls or fell out; without design; casually, accidentally, incidentally, haply; by any chance = perchance adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > possibility > [adverb] > by any chance peradventurec1325 percase1402 perchancea1425 perhapsc1520 anauntrins1676 by any chance1914 c1315 Shoreham 60 And ȝef the man other that wyf By cheaunce doumbe were. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. i. 6 I came by chaunce vnto mount Gelboa. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 108 Pelleus..hade a wyfe..Tetyda she heght: Þes gret in þere gamyn gate hom betwene, Achilles, by chaunce. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Suffolk xxiv. 4 Encountred me upon the seas by chaunce. a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 48v Not obiter and bichance, but purposelie. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H3 Somtime by chance a blind man may catch a hare. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 126. ¶8 If by Chance the Coachman stopped at a wrong Place. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost ii. 41 Some book that you picked up, as you say, by chance. 1914 ‘I. Hay’ Knight on Wheels x Are you engaged to be married, by any chance? < as lemmas |
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