• n. 礦；礦石
• n. (Ore)人名；(意、瑞典)奧雷；(英)奧爾

來自古英語ora,礦石，礦土，未冶煉金屬，詞源同earth.同時受另一個古英語詞ar影響，黃銅，銅礦，來自PIE*aus,金黃色的，詞源同aurora,ormolu.

ore

ore: see era

ore (n.)

12c., a merger of Old English ora "ore, unworked metal" (related to eorte "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.

1. We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies.

我們在南美洲為一些大公司探測石油和礦石。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They struck a rich seam of iron ore.

他們開出一個富鐵礦層。

來自《權威詞典》

3. How many tons of ore can this machine crush in an hour?

這機器每小時可以破碎多少噸礦石?

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. The net profit amounts to 20 dollars per ton of ore.

每噸礦砂的凈利達20美元.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. They refined gold out of the ore.

他們從礦石中提煉出黃金.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》