or so

英 [ɔː(r) səʊ]

美 [ɔːr soʊ]

…左右;…上下

英英释义

adv

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
  1. lasted approximately an hour
  2. in just about a minute
  3. he's about 30 years old
  4. I've had about all I can stand
  5. we meet about once a month
  6. some forty people came
  7. weighs around a hundred pounds
  8. roughly $3,000
  9. holds 3 gallons, more or less
  10. 20 or so people were at the party
  Synonym:approximatelyaboutclose tojust aboutsomeroughlymore or lessaround

双语例句

• He did buy me those daffodils a week or so ago
  他确实在大约一个星期前给我买了那些水仙花。
• The war had ended only a month or so before.
  战争大约一个月前才刚刚结束。
• I have seen him walking down to the shops a mile or so away
  我看见他朝大约一英里以外的商店走去了。
• It is good enough to earn ten thousand yuan or so a month.
  一个月赚个万儿八千的相当不错了。
• Dunk new plants in a bucket of water for an hour or so before planting.
  栽种新植物之前将它们在水桶中浸泡一小时左右。
• It was only an hour or so later that I discovered that my gun was missing
  仅仅约一个小时之后，我发现我的枪不见了。
• Completion of this bridge is expected in a year or so.
  这座桥一年半载可望竣工。
• There were a hundred or so hotels in the vicinity of the railway station
  在火车站附近大约有100家旅馆。
• In a day or so he will be as good as new.
  他大概一天工夫就会恢复过来。
• There was nothing more he wanted, or so he thought
  他再无所求，或者说他是这么想的。