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English Middle Words Life Early Finally Oþþe High

正面 33.or
英 [ɔː]美 [ɔr]

背面
释义:
conj. 或,或者;还是n. (Or)人名;(中)柯(广东话·威妥玛);(柬)奥;(土、匈、土库、阿塞、瑞典)奥尔
例句:
1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.不管你生活在哪里,你有多少岁,总有新东西要学习,毕竟,生活总是充满惊喜。

1. 属格;限定,用of右边的内容去限定of左边的事物。2. of就起一个限定作用。3. 后接of与不接of的区别就在于是否需要进一步限定前面的事物。
or 或者缩写自古英语连词othther.
oror: [12] The Old English word for ‘or’ was oththe. This appears to have been altered in the early Middle English period to other, probably due to the influence of similar words denoting ‘choice between alternatives’ and ending in -er (notably either and whether). Other was soon contracted to or, but it did not finally die out until the 15th century.or (conj.)c. 1200, from Old English conjunction oþþe "either, or," related to Old Frisian ieftha, Middle Dutch ofte, Old Norse eða, Old High German odar, German oder, Gothic aiþþau "or." This was extended in early Middle English (and Old High German) with an -r ending, perhaps by analogy with "choice between alternative" words that ended thus (such as either, whether), then reduced to oþþr, at first in unstressed situations (commonly thus in Northern and Midlands English by 1300), and finally reduced to or, though other survived in this sense until 16c. The contraction took place in the second term of an alternative, such as either ... or, a common construction in Old English, where both words originally were oþþe (see nor)."

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