rock, earth, etc. from which metal can be obtained 礦石;礦砂;礦 iron ore 鐵礦石 ore smelted with charcoal 用木炭熔煉的礦石 smelting the ore with charcoal 用木炭提煉礦石
Homophones oar | or | oreoar or oreTopics Physics and chemistryc2- oar noun
We took one oar each and started rowing. 我們每人拿了一把槳,開始劃船。
- or conjunction
Do you want cheese or jam in your sandwich? 你的三明治裏要奶酪還是果醬?
- ore noun
The country has rich deposits of iron ore. 這個國家有豐富的鐵礦儲量。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rich
- high-grade
- low-grade
- …
- vein
- lump
- extract
- mine
- extract something from
- …
- deposits
- mineral
Word OriginOld English ōra ‘unwrought metal’, of West Germanic origin; influenced in form by Old English ār ‘bronze’ (related to Latin aes ‘crude metal, bronze’).