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词汇 wotcha
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wotcha1

(also wotcher)
exclamationˈwɒtʃə
British informal
  • Used as a friendly or humorous greeting.

    〈英,非正式〉 用于友好或幽默地打招呼

    wotcha, Dunc—thanks for turning out

    嗨,邓肯——谢谢你来了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It would go so easy right now to turn around and go ‘Wotcha Judy,’ while flashing his recognisable grin.
    • I've liked her ever since she met Harry with that "Wotcha, Harry!"

Origin

Late 19th century: corruption of what cheer?.

  • cheer from Middle English:

    In medieval English the word cheer meant ‘face’, coming ultimately from Greek kara ‘head’. People came to use it to refer to the expression on someone's face, and hence to their mood or demeanour. This could be in either a positive or negative sense; you could talk, for example, about a person's ‘sorrowful cheer’ or ‘heavy cheer’. ‘What cheer?’ was once a common greeting meaning ‘how are you?’, and in the 19th century this eventually became worn down to wotcha. Over time cheer developed the specific meaning of ‘a good mood’ and then ‘a shout of encouragement or joy’. A Bronx cheer is a rude noise made by blowing through closed lips with the tongue between them—what is also called a raspberry.

Rhymes

botcher, gotcha, top-notcher, watcher

wotcha2

(also watcha)
contractionˈwɒtʃə
informal
  • 1What are you …

    你拿这锤子干什么?

    hey, wotcha gonna do?

    嗨,你要做什么?

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, watcha going to do between now and sundown?
    • Hahaha, watcha gonna do now dat the girl's hurt?
    • Hey boo, wotcha doing standing outside in the cold like that.
    • The nurse blew a bubble at me, ‘Then watcha up here for?’
    1. 1.1 What have you …
      你拿这锤子干什么?
      wotcha got this hammer for then?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • "Hey Light, watcha found out about this whole Kagato thing?" Ryuk asked.
      • "Watcha got there, Babe," I say and she laughs.
    2. 1.2 What do you …
      你拿这锤子干什么?
      wotcha want to make a mess like that for?

      你为什么弄得这么乱?

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Tell me watcha want, watcha really really want.
      • My heart will pump medechlorians, either way, watcha want me to say.

Origin

1920s: contraction.

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