| 单词 | or then |
| 释义 | > as lemmasor then c. or then = or, if not, then..; or failing that; or else, or otherwise; or even. Scottish. ΚΠ 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 217 Gud knychtis..For litill enchesoune or than nane, Thai hangyt be the nekbane. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. vi. 43 Quhiddir thou be Dyane,..Or than sum goddes of the nymphis kynd. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 7 Verie conuenient to feid horse or nout, or flockis of scheip or gait or than grett harte and hyne. 1634 S. Rutherford Lett. (1848) xlvi. 84 Pray him to tarry, or then to take us with him. 1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1848) lxxi. 128 They are..valuing him at their unworthy halfpenny; or else exchanging and bartering Christ with the miserable old fallen house of this vain world; or then..they lend him out upon interest. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Come hame sune, or than I'll be angry. < as lemmas |
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