| 单词 | or ever |
| 释义 | > as lemmasor ever (or e'er) c. or ever (or e'er): before ever, before even, before..at all, before..in any way. Cf. ere conj. 1d. Now rare (British regional and poetic).Ever adds emphasis; cf. ever adv. 6d. But in many early instances or ever does not perceptibly differ from the simple or, ere, or before, whence perhaps the later spelling or ere (see sense C. 1d). ΚΠ 1389 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 16 Or euer thai be herd before ony juge. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 20 Sanct petir was thare sevyn ȝere duelland or euer he duelt jn rome. c1500 (?a1437) Kingis Quair (1939) v Or ever I stent, my best was more to loke Upon the writings of this nobil man. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iv. f. cxxv Syr come awaye or ever that my chylde deye. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. iii. 20 They..put forth to sea, or euer the Lacedemonians got knowledge of them. 1752 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) X. 223 Thou accursed Spirit! damned or ever thou wert born! 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 67 Long time elapsed or e'er our rugged sires Complain'd. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 129 Stay thee, sad heart, or ere thou breathe thy plaint. 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 246 Or ever He ascended up where he was before. 1919 R. Kipling Years Between 5 O Keepers of the House of old, Or ever we were born. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 90/1 Naay, he'd getten t'job deean or ivver Ah cam nigh him. < as lemmas |
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