| 单词 | and/or |
| 释义 | > as lemmasand/or f. and/or (also and or): a formula denoting that the items joined by it can be taken either together or as alternatives. Cf. either-or n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choice [conjunction] > together or as alternatives and/or1855 1855 Law Jrnl. Reports 24 ii. Excheq. 199/2 The parties were to ‘load a full and complete cargo of sugar, molasses, and/ or other lawful produce’..the words ‘and’ and ‘or’ being introduced into the charter-party. 1895 F. Pollock & F. W. Maitland Hist. Eng. Law I. i. v. 152 In medieval Latin vel will often stand for and... Often it is like the and/ or of our mercantile documents. 1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks ii. 85 The jamming of the rudder and/or elevator. 1929 Penrose's Ann. XXXI. 99 A good proportion of cotton and/or linen in the furnish of a paper. 1941 Official Gaz. Kenya 13 May 305/2 Applicants are at liberty to submit their own proposals and/or programmes for the prospecting, development, and/or mining of the Owour Area. 1960 E. Bowen Time in Rome iii. 82 The young set-apart creature, waiting at home for her fifteenth birthday and/or the next vacancy in the Atrium. 1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 68 Grate in a cooking apple and or a quince. < as lemmas |
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