perchance

英语

词源

源自中古英語 parchaunce，源自古法語 par cheance (“碰巧”)。

发音

• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/pɜː(ɹ)ˈtʃɑːns/
• 韻部：-ɑːns

副词

perchance (不可比)

1. 可能，也许，或许
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVII:

     A great black bird, Apollyon's bosom-friend, / Sailed past, nor beat his wide wing dragon-penned / That brushed my cap—perchance the guide I sought.

近义词

• by any chance
• maybe
• peradventure
• perhaps
• possibly
• mayhap