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单词 nor
释义 nor
I. \nə(r), (|)nȯ(ə)r, (|)nȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)när\ conjunction
Etymology: Middle English, contraction of nother nor, neither, from nother, pron. & adjective, not either of two, neither — more at neither
1. : or not — used to introduce the second member
 < neither here nor there >
or last member
 < does not drink, smoke, nor gamble >
or second and each following member
 < not be done by you nor by me nor by anyone >
of a series of two or more items of which each is negated
2.
 a. — used with neither as a negative correlative
  < neither good nor bad >
  — also used archaically to imply a negative in a preceding member
  < thou nor I have made the world — Alfred Tennyson >
 b. — used archaically to introduce both alternatives in a negative statement
  < nor bits nor bridles can his rage sustain — John Dryden >
3. : and not — often used with inversion of subject and predicate after an affirmative that is equivalent to or implies a negative
 < the crisis … was simple; nor was it really serious — Ernest Barker >
 < forbear, nor carry out the scheme you've planned — W.S.Gilbert >
4. chiefly dialect : and, or — used with a negative (as not, never, no)
 < it cannot nor it will not come to good — Shakespeare >
II. conjunction
Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from nor (I)
dialect : than
 < did you ever … see a poorer place nor this place — Donn Byrne >
III. abbreviation
1. normal
2. north; northern
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