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

• Matt got me a room there for a week or so when I first came here
  我初次来到这里的时候，马特找了个房间让我住了大约一个星期。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm really sorry! or so sorry!
  实在抱歉！
• He will return in a week or so.
  他在一星期左右以后回来。
• 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。
• They felt that, at 69 or so, Mr Peters was past his prime.
  他们觉得69岁左右的彼得斯先生已经风光不再了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some seed varieties germinate fast, so check every day or so
  有一些种子发芽快，所以差不多每天得察看一下。