| 释义 |
ort
I. \ˈȯ(ə)rt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch orte
1. : a morsel left at a meal : leaving, refuse — usually used in plural
< ate their meals without forks and covered up the orts with rushes — Frederic Harrison >
2. : scrap, bit — usually used in plural
< ideological orts and fragments — David Daiches >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably from Middle Dutch orten to leave over, from orte leftover, ort
chiefly Scotland : to select by rejecting what is unsatisfactory |