| 单词 | or |
| 释义 | or or1 /awr/; unstressed /euhr/, conj. 1. (used to connect words, phrases, or clauses representing alternatives): books or magazines; to be or not to be. 2. (used to connect alternative terms for the same thing): the Hawaiian, or Sandwich, Islands. 3. (used in correlation): either ... or; or ... or; whether ... or. 4. (used to correct or rephrase what was previously said): His autobiography, or rather memoirs, will soon be ready for publication. 5. otherwise; or else: Be here on time, or we'll leave without you. 6. Logic. the connective used in disjunction. [1150-1200; ME, orig. the second, unstressed member of correlative other ... or, earlier other ... other, OE ather ... oththe, a-hwaether ... oththe, for oththe ... oththe either ... or; cf. AY1, WHETHER] Usage. See and/or, either. or2 /awr/, prep., conj. Chiefly Irish, Scot., and Eng. before; ere. [bef. 950; ME, OE ar soon, early; c. ON ar, Goth air early; cf. OE aer soon, before, ERE] or3 /awr/, Heraldry. n. 1. the tincture, or metal, gold: represented either by gold or by yellow. adj. 2. of the tincture, or metal, gold: a lion or. [1400-50; late ME < MF < L aurum gold] |
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