ore

• n. 鉱山; 鉱石
• n.（鉱石）人の名前；（イタリア語、スウェーデン語）Ore；（英語）Orr

古英語のora（鉱石）、ore（鉱土）、unmelted metal（未溶融金属）が語源で、語源はearth（大地）と同じ。 また、古英語のar（真鍮）、銅鉱石、PIE*aus（黄金の黄色）が語源で、語源はaurora（オーロラ）、ormolu（モル）と同じ。

ore

ore: see era

ore (n.)

12c., a merger of Old English ora "ore, unworked metal" (related to eorte "earth," see earth; and cognate with Low German ur "iron-containing ore," Dutch oer, Old Norse aurr "gravel"); and Old English ar "brass, copper, bronze," from Proto-Germanic *ajiz- (cognates: Old Norse eir "brass, copper," German ehern "brazen," Gothic aiz "bronze"), from PIE root *aus- (2) "gold" (see aureate). The two words were not fully assimilated till 17c.; what emerged has the form of ar but the meaning of ora.

1. We dowse oil and ore in South America for big companies.

南アメリカで大企業のために石油と鉱石を探査しています。

2.They struck a rich seam of iron ore .

彼らは鉄富鉱層を開いた。

3.How many tons of ore can this machine crush in an hour？

この機械は1時間に何トンの鉱石を砕くことができますか。

4.The net profit amounts to 20 dollars per ton of ore .

鉱石砂1トン当たりの純利益は20ドル.

5.They refined gold out of the ore .

彼らは鉱石から金を精製した。