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Ore Rock English Means Metal 英 ɔː(R)] 美 ɔːr

英语单词 ore
英美音标 英 [ɔː(r)] 美 [ɔːr]
中文释义 n.矿石;矿
英语例句 (1) We will make an assay of the ore that he brought.
(2) The ore is smelted in this large factory.
(3) This is an area rich in ore.
中文例句 (1) 我们将对他带来的矿石做实验鉴定。
(2) 这个大型工厂里熔炼矿石。
(3) 这里是个矿产丰富的地区。
vocabulary简明 Ore is a rock that contains minerals like iron, gold, or lead. The seven dwarfs in the movie "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" worked mining ore.
vocabulary扩展 Another meaning of ore is a Swedish unit of money. The krona is made up of 100 ore. In this use, ore is usually spelled with an umlaut over the oöre. In English, ore is most commonly used to mean a material from which valuable metals or gems can be extracted. In Old English, ora means unwrought metal and ar means bronze. Both root words are thought to have influenced this sense of ore.
柯林斯解释
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[N-MASS 物质名词]矿;矿石;矿砂 Ore is rock or earth from which metal can be obtained.
  • ...a huge iron ore mine.

    巨大的铁矿山

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