| 单词 | or |
| 释义 | or I. 1. — used as a function word to indicate (1) an alternative between different or unlike things, states, or actions < wolves or bears are never seen in that part of the country > < sick or well, he should not be here > < eat or go hungry is all the same to him > (2) choice between alternative things, states, or courses < will you have tea or coffee > < decide to study medicine or law > < to be, or not to be: that is the question — Shakespeare > (3) the synonymous, equivalent, or substitutive character of two words or phrases < fell over a precipice or cliff > < the off or far side > < lessen or abate > (4) correction or greater exactness of phrasing or meaning < these essays, or rather rough sketches > < the present king had no children — or no legitimate children — Max Peacock > (5) approximation, doubt, or uncertainty < will be Tuesday or Wednesday before he arrives > < in five or six days > < it's scarlet fever or diphtheria > (6) succession by turns < one or the other will watch over him all night > (7) the operation or logical connective symbolized by v or by + — compare truth table 2. archaic < no man can or foretoken or forefend — Walter de la Mare > 3. < do what I say, or you'll suffer the consequences > < pay or I'll sue > 4. archaic < or rich or poor — Baltimore (Md.) Sun > 5. < or, an electron may serve merely to measure — L.A.White > II. chiefly dialect III. 1. chiefly dialect < or the porter was at the gate, the boy was in the hall — Ballad Book > 2. chiefly dialect IV. 1. 2. V. VI. 1. 2. |
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