英语
词源
源自中古英语 parchaunce，源自古法语 par cheance (“碰巧”)。
发音
副词
perchance（无比较级）
- 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.
- 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXVII:
近义词
- by any chance
- maybe
- peradventure
- perhaps
- possibly
- mayhap
