| 单词 | perchance |
| 释义 | perchance (once / 790 pages) adv Perchance means “by chance” and is an old-fashioned or literary way to say “maybe.” Perchance comes from the Old French phrase par cheance, which means — you guessed it — "by chance." Perchance thinking of a French poet such as Baudelaire will help you remember the definition. People use this word when they’re unsure of something, and they want to sound fancy. If you say, “Perchance it will rain,” you’re not sure about the chance of rain, and you might be wearing a chapeau. Use the word perchance if you like to kick it old school. WORD FAMILYperchance USAGE EXAMPLESSome astronomers think they could even detect signs of industrial air pollution if perchance a civilization akin to ours lives on Proxima b. New York Times(Sep 01, 2016) Do you perchance mean to say that "the Senate found her guilty?" New York Times(Aug 31, 2016) “I don’t know how you came,” he went on. “But did you, perchance, see that rotting man on the gallows at the crossroad?” Avi, Crispin: The Cross of Lead(2002) 1adv through chance, "To sleep, perchance to dream.." Syn by chance 2adv by chance Syn maybe, mayhap, peradventure, perhaps, possibly |
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