/ˈgɒtə ||; ˈgɑtə/(US 美) (informal 非正式) a way of writing ‘got to’ or ‘got a’ to show that sb is speaking in an informal way got to或got a的一种非正式的说法 Do not write ‘gotta’ yourself (unless you are copying somebody's accent) because it might be marked as a mistake. Gonna and wanna are similar. I gotta go (= I have got to go). Gotta (= have you got a) minute? 有人认为gotta并非标准英语，所以除非引述他人的口音，否则不宜用这个词。gonna及wanna的情况相似：I gotta go (= I have got to go).我得走了。·Gotta (= have you got a) minute?有空吗？