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conjunction ɔːɔr 1Used to link alternatives. 用于连接可能的选择或，或者；还是，就是 一杯茶或咖啡。 你来还是不来？ I either take taxis or walk everywhere 不管到哪儿我不是坐出租车就是步行。 it doesn't matter whether the theory is right or wrong 该理论是正确还是错误并没有关系。 Example sentencesExamples - We are just interested in your honest opinions - there are no right or wrong answers.
- Research in New York showed men with cats or dogs had lower blood pressure.
- She never learned to read or write.
- School administrators should work to ensure that the majority of students can walk or bike to school.
- We don't mind if we have a boy or a girl, we just want a healthy, happy baby.
- In cities and towns most people wear Western clothing - pants or blue jeans and shirts.
- The café is a great place for locals to meet up for a chat over a cup of tea or coffee.
2Introducing a synonym or explanation of a preceding word or phrase. 即，或者说 yoga is a series of postures, or asanas Example sentencesExamples - Spain entered the twentieth century having lost its colonies in the New World and the Pacific in the Spanish-American War or, as it is known in Spain, the War of 1898.
- By early Tuesday he was dead - a victim of the most deadly of the world's culinary delicacies, the blowfish or fugu.
- Joshua was born weighing just 18 ounces - half a kilo or just over a pound.
3Otherwise (used to introduce the consequences of something not being done or not being the case) 否则；不然 hurry up, or you'll miss it all 快点，不然你什么都赶不上了。 Example sentencesExamples - Do as you're told Beth or you'll get hurt.
- Hurry up, or you'll be late for class.
- I'd better tell him myself or I'll get in even more trouble.
- We do have to leave now or we won't be back until after sunset.
4Introducing an afterthought, usually in the form of a question. 常用于疑问句，表示事后的想法会不会，要不 John's indifference—or was it?—left her unsettled 约翰的冷漠——果真如此吗？——让她心神不宁。 Example sentencesExamples - It was just an accident or was it?
- Emily, unaware of the mental battle that was going on in his mind (or was she?), kept on walking towards him.
5archaic Either. 〈诗/文〉还是 to love is the one way to know or God or man 是上帝还是常人，爱是唯一的试金石。 Example sentencesExamples - Learn that to love is the one way to know Or God or man.
是上帝还是常人，爱是唯一的试金石。
noun ɔːɔr "OR"1A logical operation which gives the value one if at least one operand has the value one, and otherwise gives a value of zero. 〔电子〕（逻辑电路的）或 - 1.1Electronics as modifier Denoting a gate circuit which produces an output if there is a signal on any of its inputs.
“或”门，“或”门电路
UsageWhere a verb follows a list separated by or, the traditional rule is that the verb should be singular, as long as the things in the list are individually singular, as in a sandwich or other snack is included in the price (rather than a sandwich or other snack are included in the price). The argument is that each of the elements agrees separately with the verb. The opposite rule applies when the elements are joined by and: here, the verb should be plural: a sandwich and a cup of coffee are included in the price. These traditional rules are observed in good English writing style but are often disregarded in speech. On the use of either … or, see either Phrases(after a quantity) approximately. 在数量后…左右，…上下 十二人左右。 Example sentencesExamples - The last hour or so is as close to the magic of the original trilogy as you can get in my book.
- I will be away from my computer for the next week or so, and will be taking a break from blogging.
- Every couple of years or so since then money has been handed over for a succession of studies.
- I saw a local reporter for one of the news stations and about a dozen or so protesters.
- José Luis is in his forties and has a group of a dozen or so mates he has been hanging out with all his life.
- Always buy fresh live scallops with closed shells and make sure you use them within a day or so.
- You could put your feet up, close your eyes and simply enjoy doing nothing for half an hour or so.
- At our last place I had to take an inch or so off the bottom of a door, as it was sticking on a shaggy new carpet.
- You cut them into squares and blanch them in boiling water for a minute or so with onion and garlic.
- Rob failed to get a bite, and after an hour or so, he suggested that we try further upstream.
Synonyms roughly, about, around, just about, round about, or so, or thereabouts, more or less, in the neighbourhood of, in the region of, in the area of, in the vicinity of, of the order of, something like, give or take, give or take a few, in round numbers, rounded down, rounded up
OriginMiddle English: a reduced form of the obsolete conjunction other (which superseded Old English oththe 'or'), of uncertain ultimate origin. Rhymesabhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your nounɔːɔr mass nounGold or yellow, as a heraldic tincture. 〔纹章〕金色，黄色
OriginEarly 16th century: from French, from Latin aurum 'gold'. abbreviation 2Oregon (in official postal use). 3British Military
Other ranks (as opposed to commissioned officers).
conjunctionɔrôr 1Used to link alternatives. 用于连接可能的选择或，或者；还是，就是 一杯茶或咖啡。 你来还是不来？ I either take taxis or walk everywhere 不管到哪儿我不是坐出租车就是步行。 it doesn't matter whether the theory is right or wrong 该理论是正确还是错误并没有关系。 she couldn't read or write 她读或写都不会。 Example sentencesExamples - The café is a great place for locals to meet up for a chat over a cup of tea or coffee.
- We are just interested in your honest opinions - there are no right or wrong answers.
- We don't mind if we have a boy or a girl, we just want a healthy, happy baby.
- Research in New York showed men with cats or dogs had lower blood pressure.
- She never learned to read or write.
- In cities and towns most people wear Western clothing - pants or blue jeans and shirts.
- School administrators should work to ensure that the majority of students can walk or bike to school.
2Introducing a synonym or explanation of a preceding word or phrase. 即，或者说 the espionage novel, or, as it is known in the trade, the thriller 间谍小说，或者说，业内人士所谓的惊险小说。 Example sentencesExamples - By early Tuesday he was dead - a victim of the most deadly of the world's culinary delicacies, the blowfish or fugu.
- Joshua was born weighing just 18 ounces - half a kilo or just over a pound.
- Spain entered the twentieth century having lost its colonies in the New World and the Pacific in the Spanish-American War or, as it is known in Spain, the War of 1898.
3Otherwise (used to introduce the consequences of something not being done or not being the case) 否则；不然 hurry up, or you'll miss it all 快点，不然你什么都赶不上了。 Example sentencesExamples - We do have to leave now or we won't be back until after sunset.
- I'd better tell him myself or I'll get in even more trouble.
- Hurry up, or you'll be late for class.
- Do as you're told Beth or you'll get hurt.
4Introducing an afterthought, usually in the form of a question. 常用于疑问句，表示事后的想法会不会，要不 John's indifference—or was it?—left her unsettled 约翰的冷漠——果真如此吗？——让她心神不宁。 Example sentencesExamples - It was just an accident or was it?
- Emily, unaware of the mental battle that was going on in his mind (or was she?), kept on walking towards him.
5archaic Either. 〈诗/文〉还是 to love is the one way to know or God or man 是上帝还是常人，爱是唯一的试金石。 Example sentencesExamples - Learn that to love is the one way to know Or God or man.
是上帝还是常人，爱是唯一的试金石。
nounɔrôr often "OR"1A Boolean operator that gives the value one if at least one operand (or input) has a value of one, and otherwise has a value of zero. 〔电子〕（逻辑电路的）或 - 1.1Electronics A circuit that gives an output signal if there is a signal on any of its inputs.
“或”门，“或”门电路
UsageWhere a verb follows a list separated by or, the traditional rule is that the verb should be singular, as long as the things in the list are individually singular, as in a sandwich or other snack is included in the price (rather than a sandwich or other snack are included in the price). The argument is that each of the elements agrees separately with the verb. The opposite rule applies when the elements are joined by and—here the verb should be plural: a sandwich and a cup of coffee are included in the price. These traditional rules are observed in good English writing style but are often disregarded in speech. On the use of either … or, see either Phrases(after a quantity) approximately. 在数量后…左右，…上下 十二人左右。 Example sentencesExamples - Rob failed to get a bite, and after an hour or so, he suggested that we try further upstream.
- José Luis is in his forties and has a group of a dozen or so mates he has been hanging out with all his life.
- You cut them into squares and blanch them in boiling water for a minute or so with onion and garlic.
- I will be away from my computer for the next week or so, and will be taking a break from blogging.
- The last hour or so is as close to the magic of the original trilogy as you can get in my book.
- Every couple of years or so since then money has been handed over for a succession of studies.
- At our last place I had to take an inch or so off the bottom of a door, as it was sticking on a shaggy new carpet.
- I saw a local reporter for one of the news stations and about a dozen or so protesters.
- You could put your feet up, close your eyes and simply enjoy doing nothing for half an hour or so.
- Always buy fresh live scallops with closed shells and make sure you use them within a day or so.
Synonyms roughly, about, around, just about, round about, or so, or thereabouts, more or less, in the neighbourhood of, in the region of, in the area of, in the vicinity of, of the order of, something like, give or take, give or take a few, in round numbers, rounded down, rounded up
OriginMiddle English: a reduced form of the obsolete conjunction other (which superseded Old English oththe ‘or’), of uncertain ultimate origin. nounɔrôr Gold or yellow, as a heraldic tincture. 〔纹章〕金色，黄色
OriginEarly 16th century: from French, from Latin aurum ‘gold’. abbreviation 2Oregon (in official postal use). 3British Military
Other ranks (as opposed to commissioned officers).
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