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单词 yore
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Definition of yore in English:

yore

nounjɔːjɔr
in phrase of yoreliterary
  • Of long ago or former times (used in nostalgic or mock-nostalgic recollection)

    a great empire in days of yore
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is preposterous to ask seasoned physicians to acquire necessary qualifications to carry on with the legacies of yore.
    • In an ideal world, I would be at home with you, enjoying breaks in the cloud and reminiscing over floods past and the storms of yore.
    • Boyhood's end is a short but dramatic work full of conflicting emotions and nostalgia for days of yore.
    • Germans believe that they got this tradition from the gypsies who came from the Indian sub-continent in the days of yore.
    • While they make for funny dinner conversation now, in days of yore these words were taken very seriously.

Origin

Old English geāra, geāre, of unknown origin.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, your
 
 

Definition of yore in US English:

yore

nounjɔryôr
in phrase of yoreliterary
  • Of long ago or former times (used in nostalgic or mock-nostalgic recollection)

    a great empire in days of yore
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While they make for funny dinner conversation now, in days of yore these words were taken very seriously.
    • In an ideal world, I would be at home with you, enjoying breaks in the cloud and reminiscing over floods past and the storms of yore.
    • It is preposterous to ask seasoned physicians to acquire necessary qualifications to carry on with the legacies of yore.
    • Germans believe that they got this tradition from the gypsies who came from the Indian sub-continent in the days of yore.
    • Boyhood's end is a short but dramatic work full of conflicting emotions and nostalgia for days of yore.

Origin

Old English geāra, geāre, of unknown origin.

 
 
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