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

• 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。
• 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。
• I'm really sorry! or so sorry!
  实在抱歉！
• We will have to wait a week or so before we know whether the operation is a success
  我们还得等一周左右才能知道手术是否成功。
• Great clouds of black smoke were rising for several hundred feet or so.
  大片的黑色烟云升至大约几百英尺的空中。
• 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。
• Completion of this bridge is expected in a year or so.
  这座桥一年半载可望竣工。
• 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。
• Very little was done to progress the case in the first 10 or so months after K was charged.
  在K被指控后最初的10个月左右，这个案子进展缓慢。
• 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。