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['ʌðə] or ['ʌðɚ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) very unusual; different in character or quality from the normal or expected; 'a strange, other dimension...where his powers seemed to fail'- Lance Morrow .
(adj.) not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; 'today isn't any other day'- the White Queen; 'the construction of highways and other public works'; 'he asked for other employment'; 'any other person would tell the truth'; 'his other books are still in storage'; 'then we looked at the other house'; 'hearing was good in his other ear'; 'the other sex'; 'she lived on the other side of the street from me'; 'went in the other direction' .
(adj.) recently past; 'the other evening' .
校對:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(conj.) Either; -- used with other or or for its correlative (as either . . . or are now used).
(pron. & a.) Different from that which, or the one who, has been specified; not the same; not identical; additional; second of two.
(pron. & a.) Not this, but the contrary; opposite; as, the other side of a river.
(pron. & a.) Alternate; second; -- used esp. in connection with every; as, every other day, that is, each alternate day, every second day.
(pron. & a.) Left, as opposed to right.
(adv.) Otherwise.
手打:米米
解釋/意思:
adj. and pron. different not the same: additional: second of two.—adj. Oth′erguess=Othergates.—n. Oth′erness.—advs. Oth′erwhere elsewhere; Oth′erwhile Oth′erwhiles at other times: sometimes; Oth′erwise in another way or manner: by other causes: in other respects.—conj. else: under other conditions.—Every other each alternate; Rather ... than otherwise rather than not; The other day on some day not long past quite recently.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- They have a kind of hard flints, which, by grinding against other stones, they form into instruments, that serve instead of wedges, axes, and hammers. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- You will have my sketches, some time or other, to look ator my tour to reador my poem. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In all other respects Fosco, on that memorable day, was Fosco shrouded in total eclipse. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The two other were open boats of half that tonnage. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Traders and other undertakers may, no doubt with great propriety, carry on a very considerable part of their projects with borrowed money. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- On November 14, 1888, President Carnot opened the institution, which was soon to witness the triumphs of Roux, Yersin, Metchnikoff, and other disciples of Pasteur. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- I put the other bottle from under the bed in there too, she said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Except bills of exchange, and some other mercantile bills, all other deeds, bonds, and contracts, are subject to a stamp duty. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- And thus young Lord Greystoke took the first step toward the goal which he had set--the finding of other white men like himself. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Let her footstep, as she comes and goes, in these pages, be like that other footstep to whose airy fall your own heart once beat time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- He was undeniably a prosperous man, bore his drinking better than others bore their moderation, and, on the whole, flourished like the green bay-tree. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Being merely sheltered by others would not promote growth. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- There are many others that have to be considered with it. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This thrown open, admitted him to his own private apartment of three rooms: his bed-chamber and two others. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- But why should I not bear it as others have borne it before me! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Others again kept out of the way, hoping to escape either alternative. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- When others uttered it she changed countenance--I know she did. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- There were lines upon his forehead, but Time seemed to have touched him gently, remembering how kind he was to others. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The board on the fore part is lower than the others. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The men and women in the Cave Colony suddenly found that one bright-eyed young fellow, with a little straighter forehead than the others, was beating them all at hunting. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- He was one of those rare men who are rigid to themselves and indulgent to others. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But, much too soon, we heard the others laughing and talking, and calling 'where's Dora? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Its completion depended on others. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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