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

• Usually when we're six months or so into a recovery, confidence begins to build.
  通常我们在恢复约6个月后信心开始建立。
• Having lived in Shanghai for a decade or so, he still leans towards his native dishes.
  在上海虽已住了10年左右，他还是喜欢吃家乡菜。
• Why don't you walk the dog round for half an hour or so? it'll give you some exercise, and probably calm you.
  你怎么不带着狗儿去遛半小时左右呢？这可以使你锻炼一下身体，或许会使你平静下来。
• She reeled off the titles of a dozen or so of the novels.
  她脱口说出十几本小说的书名。
• The driver usually spends four hours or so helping to load and prepare his lorry.
  司机通常花4小时左右的时间帮忙装货和打理货车。
• A dozen or so victims of food poisoning were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
  有十几个人食物中毒，立刻送医院急救。
• 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。
• I'm really sorry! or so sorry!
  实在抱歉！
• But he said kinsfolk was kinsfolk, and promises was promises, so he'd go for a day or so, and then it would be over.
  可是他说亲戚到底是亲戚，既然答应了去，就只能去一趟，住上一两天也就算了。
• 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。