ore
英[ɔː]
美[ɔr]
- n. 矿；矿石
- n. (Ore)人名；(意、瑞典)奥雷；(英)奥尔
词态变化
复数: ores;
中文词源
ore 矿石，矿砂
来自古英语ora,矿石，矿土，未冶炼金属，词源同earth.同时受另一个古英语词ar影响，黄铜，铜矿，来自PIE*aus,金黄色的，词源同aurora,ormolu.
英文词源
- ore
- ore: see era
- ore (n.)
- 12c., a merger of Old English ora "ore, unworked metal" (related to eorþe "earth," see earth; and cognate with Low German ur "iron-containing ore," Dutch oer, Old Norse aurr "gravel"); and Old English ar "brass, copper, bronze," from Proto-Germanic *ajiz- (cognates: Old Norse eir "brass, copper," German ehern "brazen," Gothic aiz "bronze"), from PIE root *aus- (2) "gold" (see aureate). The two words were not fully assimilated till 17c.; what emerged has the form of ar but the meaning of ora.
双语例句
- 1. We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies.
- 我们在南美洲为一些大公司探测石油和矿石。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. They struck a rich seam of iron ore.
- 他们开出一个富铁矿层。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. How many tons of ore can this machine crush in an hour?
- 这机器每小时可以破碎多少吨矿石?
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. The net profit amounts to 20 dollars per ton of ore.
- 每吨矿砂的净利达20美元.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. They refined gold out of the ore.
- 他们从矿石中提炼出黄金.
来自《简明英汉词典》