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yore

/yawr, yohr/US // yɔr, yoʊr //UK // (jɔː) //

昔日,昔日的,以前的,过去

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly Literary. time past: knights of yore.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Obsolete. of old; long ago.

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Examples

  • So the people of Anchorage did as Alaskans of yore have done and struck out on their own.

  • High-strength steel, nylon, or polyester plies don’t need to use as much material to provide an equivalent capacity to the cotton plies of yore, so tires now feature a ply equivalent rating.

  • And, as anyone who followed the Gamergate drama of yore will recall, sexual harassment in the gaming community is a serious problem.

  • In the days of yore, stars both reviled and relied on the studio system to protect them from themselves.

  • Or really more that Instagram is no different than these paintings of yore that served to heighten status.

  • Like the soap operas of yore, Marvel has replaced major and minor characters in their films as necessary.

  • In days of yore, blood on screen was to be feared: think the trickle of blood signaling defilement in old vampire movies.

  • Unlike the chaste boys club devotees of ‘Dungeons and Losers’ (oops, ‘Dragons’) of yore, women play the new games and like them.

  • In the good old days of yore there was little trouble in obtaining admission to the Civil Service.

  • I came lookin for you for some more practice with yore rope, he drawled, as he sometimes did.

  • She was busy during every moment while in the country, and her relative was no more communicative than of yore.

  • She was not rude to him, but, despite her inclination, she failed to repay his friendliness in kind as of yore.

  • "Shut up, and mind yore own business," answered the virago, swiftly turning the barrel of her weapon upon me.