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单词 other
释义 oth·er
I. \ˈəthə(r)\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, adjective, noun, pron., & adverb, from Old English ōther, adjective, noun, & pron.; akin to Old High German andar other, Old Norse annarr, Gothic anthar, Sanskrit antara, Lithuanian antras
1.
 a. : being the one (as of two or more) left : not being the one (as of two or more) first mentioned or of primary concern : remaining
  < carrying the load in one hand and holding on with the other >
 b. : being the ones distinct from the one or those first mentioned or understood — used with a plural noun
  < these cars being somewhat smaller than other European cars >
 c. : second — now chiefly used with every
  < every other day it rained >
2.
 a. : not the same : different
  < any other man would have done better >
 b. : different, distinct — used after the noun and with than
  < all parts of the house other than the windows were in good condition >
3. : more, additional
 < thou shalt have no other gods before me — Exod 20:3 (Authorized Version) >
— often used after the noun and with than
 < no clothes other than those he was wearing >
4.
 a. : recently past
  < the other evening >
 b. : former
  < in other times >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English
1.
 a. : one that remains of two or more
  < one stayed and the other went away >
  < after he left the others played cards >
 b. obsolete : second one
2. : a different one
 < each gust of wind came after the other with clocklike regularity >
 < some businesses survived and others went into bankruptcy >
3. : an additional one
 < some are successful and others are not >
4. : something that exists as an opposite of or as excluded by something else
 < the nonego being the other of the ego >
 < the objective world being the other of self-consciousness >
III. pronoun, sometimes plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English
1. obsolete
 a. : one of two that remains
  < priest and people interchangeably pray each for other — Anthony Sparrow >
 b. : each preceding one
2. obsolete : a different one
 < every one taketh before other his own supper — 1 Cor 11:21 (Authorized Version) >
 < I have pleased some and displeased other — Robert Wilkinson >
3. : an additional one
 < hardly a day passes in which we do not have some visitor or other — Jane Austen >
 < other of the Protestant clergy — F.G.Lee >
4. chiefly Scotland : one another
 < we know not other — oceans are between — Thomas Campbell >
IV. adverb
Etymology: Middle English
: otherwise 1 — used with than
 < not being able to sell the product other than by reducing the price >
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