英和和英

語源

Contraction of would +‎ not, equivalent to would +‎ -n't.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈwʊdn̩t/
  • (米国発音) IPA: [wʊdⁿn̩t], [wʊɾənt], [ˈwʊʔn̩t]
• (Yorkshire) IPA: /ˈwʊnt/, [ˈwʊnʔ]
• 韻: -ʊdn̩t, -ʊnt

動詞

wouldn't

1. would not (negative auxiliary)

   Wouldn't you often have supper on the terrace on Sundays?

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.

等位語

• can't, couldn't, mayn't, mightn't, oughtn't, shan't, shouldn't, won't

参考

• Appendix:English modal verbs
• Appendix:English tag questions

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