英语词汇“else”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

else adj. [after words like who, what, when, how, etc. in questions;
after pronouns like someone, anything, no one, much, etc.]

other than those persons or things mentioned: What else could I do? I would have eaten anything else.
in addition to persons or things mentioned: Who else was there?
other (used in the possessive after a pronoun and before the noun that is possessed): someone else's money.

adv.

if not:[or + ~]Watch your step, or else you'll slip.
otherwise:How else could I have acted?

Idioms

Idioms or else, or suffer the consequences: Do exactly what I say, or else.

else adj.

other than the persons or things mentioned or implied:What else could I have done?
in addition to the persons or things mentioned or implied:Who else was there?
other or in addition (used in the possessive following an indefinite pronoun):someone else's money.

adv.

if not (usually prec. by or):It's a macaw, or else I don't know birds.
in some other way;
otherwise:How else could I have acted?
at some other place or time:Where else might I find this book?
Idioms or else, or suffer the consequences:Do what I say, or else.

bef. 1000; Middle English, Old English elles (cognate with Old High German elles), equivalent. to ell- other (cognate with Gothic aljis, Latin alius, Old Irish aile Greek állos, Armenian ayl other; compare eldritch) + -es -s¹

somebody

else,

everybody

else,

somebody else's, everybody else's,

somebody's else, everybody's else

who

else,

whose else

Is this book yours? Whose else could it be? No, it's somebody else's.

else /ɛls/ determiner (postpositive; used after an indefinite pronoun or an interrogative)

in addition; more: there is nobody else here
other; different: where else could he be?

adv

or else ⇒ if not, then: go away or else I won't finish my work today
or something terrible will result: used as a threat: sit down, or else!

Etymology: Old English elles, genitive of el- strange, foreign; related to Old High German eli- other, Gothic alja, Latin alius, Greek allos

单词	else
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 else /ɛls/USA pronunciation adj. [after words like who, what, when, how, etc. in questions; after pronouns like someone, anything, no one, much, etc.] other than those persons or things mentioned: What else could I do? I would have eaten anything else. in addition to persons or things mentioned: Who else was there? other (used in the possessive after a pronoun and before the noun that is possessed): someone else's money. adv. if not:[or + ~]Watch your step, or else you'll slip. otherwise:How else could I have acted? Idioms Idioms or else, or suffer the consequences: Do exactly what I say, or else. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 else (els),USA pronunciation adj. other than the persons or things mentioned or implied:What else could I have done? in addition to the persons or things mentioned or implied:Who else was there? other or in addition (used in the possessive following an indefinite pronoun):someone else's money. adv. if not (usually prec. by or):It's a macaw, or else I don't know birds. in some other way; otherwise:How else could I have acted? at some other place or time:Where else might I find this book? Idioms or else, or suffer the consequences:Do what I say, or else. bef. 1000; Middle English, Old English elles (cognate with Old High German elles), equivalent. to ell- other (cognate with Gothic aljis, Latin alius, Old Irish aile Greek állos, Armenian ayl other; compare eldritch) + -es -s¹ The possessive forms of somebody else, everybody else, etc., are somebody else's, everybody else's, the forms somebody's else, everybody's else being considered nonstandard in present-day English. One exception is the possessive for who else, which is occasionally formed as whose else when a noun does not immediately follow:Is this book yours? Whose else could it be? No, it's somebody else's. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: else /ɛls/ determiner (postpositive; used after an indefinite pronoun or an interrogative) in addition; more: there is nobody else here other; different: where else could he be? adv or else ⇒ if not, then: go away or else I won't finish my work today or something terrible will result: used as a threat: sit down, or else! Etymology: Old English elles, genitive of el- strange, foreign; related to Old High German eli- other, Gothic alja, Latin alius, Greek allos
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