ore

IPA/ɔː(r)/
KK[ˈɔr]IPA/ɔːr/

ore — noun

  • oresingular
  • oresplural

1. natural rock, earth, or sediment that contains enough of a metal to make mining

1.名詞B1
釋義

natural rock, earth, or sediment that contains enough of a metal to make mining it financially worthwhile

例句

The mining company discovered a rich vein of iron ore in the hills near Kiruna.

collocation: iron ore / copper ore / gold ore

Workers load crushed copper ore onto trucks that carry it to the processing plant.

passive: was loaded, was crushed

同義詞
  • mineral deposit

    broader term that includes non-metal resources such as salt or phosphate

  • raw mineral

    emphasises the unprocessed state before smelting

文法句型

ore + of + metal type

用法筆記

Often combined with the name of the metal contained: iron ore, copper ore, gold ore, silver ore. In formal geology writing, 'ore' can also be a countable noun (e.g. 'several different ores were found').

常見錯誤

❌The mine produces ore metal.
✅The mine produces iron ore.
💡'ore' already implies metal content; do not add 'metal' after it.
❌Ore is a type of metal.
✅Ore is rock that contains metal.
💡'ore' is not the metal itself; it is the raw material from which metal is extracted.

2. a unit of money used in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, equal to one hundredth of t

2.名詞C1
釋義

a unit of money used in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, equal to one hundredth of the main currency unit (the krona or krone)

例句

Ingrid paid five ore for a single mint at the shop in Stockholm.

When Sven bought a newspaper in Oslo, the price was fifteen kroner and fifty ore.

invariant plural: fifty ore (not 'ores')

同義詞
  • öre

    alternative spelling used in Swedish; pronounced the same

  • øre

    Danish and Norwegian spelling variant

文法句型

number + ore

plural: ore (invariant)

用法筆記

The plural form is also 'ore' (not 'ores'). Norway discontinued the ore as a physical coin in 2012, Sweden in 2010, and Denmark in 2008, but prices are still sometimes given in ore as an accounting unit. Distinguish from sense 1: this is a currency subunit, not a mineral.

常見錯誤

❌He saved fifty ores in his piggy bank.
✅He saved fifty ore in his piggy bank.
💡'ore' does not add an -s in the plural.
❌The mine produces ore from Sweden.' (meaning currency)
✅The price was five kroner and fifty ore.
💡the currency sense is unrelated to mining; context tells you which meaning is intended.