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/ohn-lee/US // ˈoʊn li //UK // (ˈəʊnlɪ) //

只有,只是,只,仅限

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : without others or anything further; alone; solely; exclusively: This information is for your eyes only.
    • : no more than; merely; just: If it were only true! I cook only on weekends.
    • : as recently as: I read that article only yesterday.
    • : in the final outcome or decision: You will only regret your harsh words to me.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being the single one or the relatively few of the kind: This is the only pencil I can find.
    • : having no sibling or no sibling of the same sex: an only child; an only son.
    • : single in superiority or distinction; unique; the best: the one and only Muhammad Ali.
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : but: I would have gone, only you objected.
    • : Older Use. except; but: Only for him you would not be here.

Phrases

  • only game in town, the
  • only too
  • beauty is only skin deep
  • have an eye (eyes only) for
  • if only
  • in name only
  • not the only fish in the sea
  • one and only

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Her striking new, vinyl-only single once again confirms St. Vincent's idiosyncratic talent.

  • One winter night, Posho Wembore sneaked into the exclusive whites-only club of the Hotel Pourquoi Pas?

  • The monogamous or safe-only gay man is a far safer bet than the unprotected hetero swinger.

  • It was just what Berners-Lee had envisioned, a Web that was read-write rather than read-only.

  • His supporters hosted a men-only fundraiser with this admonition on the invitation: “Tell the misses not to wait up.”

  • In Captain Joseph Pelham's mind there was only-one answer to this question,—that the lad should come to him.

  • In the first place the boys all spoke to him in that specially offensive you're-only-a-little-kid sort of way.

  • He called Murgatroyd, placed him before the communicator, and set it at voice-only transmission.

  • If I had only had a pistol I would have shot him, but boy scouts don't carry pistols-only in crazy story books.

  • She'd be hopeless in a sick-room; and this is a real keep-your-distance, Sundays-only sick-room, ain't it, Sarah Gamp?