英语词汇“or else”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

6. or else (formerly also as one word).

a. Or if not, or otherwise; = sense 5a. In early use also corresponding to senses 1 and 3.

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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1132 (MED) He..egged him..bataile to a-bide, or elles..he wold bruttene alle hise burnes.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9715 (MED) Or ells agh dom be cald a-gain.

a1450 (?c1405) in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 29 (MED) Þey wene no god þer nys..Or elles a-noþer heresy þere is.

1461 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) 245 Y^t he..apper be for y^e said holy fader y^e pope, or ylls y^e wirschipfull doctour Bernardus Romia.

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 Good men..takethe theire congie and licence..orellis they departethe bethout licence.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. x. sig. c.vii^v Is now orels shalbe.

1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne xl In wo orels in endles blis.

1584 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1913) VII. 64 Thai ether diffyrd in the equite of thair cause orelles are bevichit and sensles.

c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) 480 Oþers elles Satan him-self sente hem fro hell.

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xlviii. 13 Annot.) 249/2 Or els it will be impossible to number them exactly.

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. iii. 22 He found the precise path to be a Parabola,—or else an Hyperbola.

1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) xi. 175 Boil all together and send it up immediately, or else it will oil.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 89 Follow me, child, or else these stones will be thy bier.

1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia xi. 171 The batter must be stirred well, or else it will stick to the sides.

1904 E. H. Giglioli tr. O. Beccari Wanderings Forests Borneo App. 392 Certain plants growing on river banks..which have linear or else very narrow leaves.

1985 J. Merrill Late Settings i. 5 That chiffonier would have to go, or else be painted white.

b. colloquial. Used elliptically as a form of warning or threat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [phrase]

or elsea1593

bilbo's the word1693

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. E Mor. iu. And you shall ransome him, or else. Edm. What Mortimer, you will not threaten him?

1833 Examiner 6 Jan. 1/2 Suppose a landlord were to say to his tenant, ‘I have got a cause coming on at Chelmsford Assizes; you must..swear to such and such a falsehood, or else.’

1854 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring x See it be done, or else!

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. 275 Correspondence..between two Irish chieftains. ‘Pay me my tribute,’ wrote the one, ‘or else!’

1933 Baltimore Sun 6 Apr. 12/1 People who worked for us during the campaign are saying ‘either come across with those jobs or else’.

1959 J. Verney Friday's Tunnel vi. 61 If I do..have children..they'll jolly well obey me and no argument. Or else.

1977 A. Cooke Six Men i. 18 In those ‘people's republics’..a million people can be commanded to appear on the double in the great square, or else.

2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 70 I want your George Eliot [essay] on my desk by five o'clock.., or else.

单词	or else
释义	> as lemmas or else 6. or else (formerly also as one word). a. Or if not, or otherwise; = sense 5a. In early use also corresponding to senses 1 and 3. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 1132 (MED) He..egged him..bataile to a-bide, or elles..he wold bruttene alle hise burnes. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 9715 (MED) Or ells agh dom be cald a-gain. a1450 (?c1405) in J. Kail 26 Polit. Poems (1904) 29 (MED) Þey wene no god þer nys..Or elles a-noþer heresy þere is. 1461 in J. Raine Inventories & Acct. Rolls Benedictine Houses Jarrow & Monk-Wearmouth (1854) 245 Y^t he..apper be for y^e said holy fader y^e pope, or ylls y^e wirschipfull doctour Bernardus Romia. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 30 Good men..takethe theire congie and licence..orellis they departethe bethout licence. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. x. sig. c.vii^v Is now orels shalbe. 1577 G. Whetstone Remembraunce Gaskoigne xl In wo orels in endles blis. 1584 in Cal. State Papers Scotl. (1913) VII. 64 Thai ether diffyrd in the equite of thair cause orelles are bevichit and sensles. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) 480 Oþers elles Satan him-self sente hem fro hell. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (xlviii. 13 Annot.) 249/2 Or els it will be impossible to number them exactly. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. iii. 22 He found the precise path to be a Parabola,—or else an Hyperbola. 1796 Glasse's Art of Cookery (new ed.) xi. 175 Boil all together and send it up immediately, or else it will oil. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 89 Follow me, child, or else these stones will be thy bier. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia xi. 171 The batter must be stirred well, or else it will stick to the sides. 1904 E. H. Giglioli tr. O. Beccari Wanderings Forests Borneo App. 392 Certain plants growing on river banks..which have linear or else very narrow leaves. 1985 J. Merrill Late Settings i. 5 That chiffonier would have to go, or else be painted white. b. colloquial. Used elliptically as a form of warning or threat. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [phrase] or elsea1593 bilbo's the word1693 a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. E Mor. iu. And you shall ransome him, or else. Edm. What Mortimer, you will not threaten him? 1833 Examiner 6 Jan. 1/2 Suppose a landlord were to say to his tenant, ‘I have got a cause coming on at Chelmsford Assizes; you must..swear to such and such a falsehood, or else.’ 1854 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring x See it be done, or else! 1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. 275 Correspondence..between two Irish chieftains. ‘Pay me my tribute,’ wrote the one, ‘or else!’ 1933 Baltimore Sun 6 Apr. 12/1 People who worked for us during the campaign are saying ‘either come across with those jobs or else’. 1959 J. Verney Friday's Tunnel vi. 61 If I do..have children..they'll jolly well obey me and no argument. Or else. 1977 A. Cooke Six Men i. 18 In those ‘people's republics’..a million people can be commanded to appear on the double in the great square, or else. 2000 K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 70 I want your George Eliot [essay] on my desk by five o'clock.., or else. extracted from orconj.¹ < as lemmas
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