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conj. 或, 或者

[计] 或




    or
    [ noun ]
    1. a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific

    2. <noun.location>
    3. a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations

    4. <noun.artifact>
      great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic


    Or \Or\ ([^o]r), conj. [OE. or, outher, other, auther, either,
    or, AS. [=a]w[eth]er, contr. from [=a]hw[ae][eth]er; [=a] aye
    + hw[ae][eth]er whether. See {Aye}, and {Whether}, and cf.
    {Either}.]
    A particle that marks an alternative; as, you may read or may
    write, -- that is, you may do one of the things at your
    pleasure, but not both. It corresponds to {either}. You may
    ride either to London or to Windsor. It often connects a
    series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of
    either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he
    may enter into trade.

    If man's convenience, health,
    Or safety interfere, his rights and claims
    Are paramount. --Cowper.

    Note: Or may be used to join as alternatives terms expressing
    unlike things or ideas (as, is the orange sour or
    sweet?), or different terms expressing the same thing
    or idea; as, this is a sphere, or globe.

    Note: Or sometimes begins a sentence. In this case it
    expresses an alternative or subjoins a clause differing
    from the foregoing. ``Or what man is there of you, who,
    if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a
    stone?'' --Matt. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver.).
    Or for either is archaic or poetic.

    Maugre thine heed, thou must for indigence
    Or steal, or beg, or borrow thy dispence.
    --Chaucer.


    Or \Or\, prep. & adv. [AS. ?r ere, before. [root]204. See {Ere},
    prep. & adv.]
    Ere; before; sooner than. [Obs.]

    But natheless, while I have time and space,
    Or that I forther in this tale pace. --Chaucer.

    {Or ever}, {Or ere}. See under {Ever}, and {Ere}.


    Or \Or\, n. [F., fr. L. aurum gold. Cf. {Aureate}.] (Her.)
    Yellow or gold color, -- represented in drawing or engraving
    by small dots.

    Candlenut \Can"dle*nut`\, n.
    1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub ({Aleurites
    moluccana}), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is
    used by the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being
    strung together. The oil from the nut (

    {), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by
    the natives as a candle, the nut kernels being strung
    together. The oil from the nut (} or { or ) has many uses,
    including as a varnish.

    Syn: varnish tree.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    2. The tree itself ({Aleurites moluccana}).
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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