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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++O1, o /əʊ $ / noun (plural O’s, o’s)  1. SLA[countable, uncountable] the 15th letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第十五个字母2 [uncountable] spokenHMN zero  My phone number is six o four double two (=60422). 我的电话号码是604223. [uncountable] a common type of blood O型〔一种常见血型〕O2 /əʊ $ / interjection  1 ALused when praying to a god or, in the past, when speaking to someone in great authority 啊〔对上帝祷告时或旧时对权威人士说话时使用〕 O Lord, in you I put my trust. 啊,主啊,我信奉你。2. x-refanother form of oh oh 的另一种形式
Examples from the Corpus
OO Lord, hear our prayer.
o' /ə/ preposition  AL‘of’ written as people sometimes say it informally 〔口语中所说of的书写形式〕 a drop o' whisky 一点点威士忌 o'clock
Examples from the Corpus
o'a cup o' coffee
Origin O (1100-1200) Natural sound
of the English 15th alphabet letter the Corpus


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O1 , o /əʊ $ oʊ/ noun (plural O’s, o’s)
1. [uncountable and countable] the 15th letter of the English alphabet
2. [uncountable] spoken zero:
    My phone number is six o four double two (=60422).
3. [uncountable] a common type of blood
     
THESAURUS
    zero the number 0. Also used when saying there is nothing at all: A million is written as one followed by six zeros. | a temperature of zero degrees | Our chances of success are virtually zero.
    nil British English zero - used especially in the results of sports games: United won the game three-nil. | In rural areas, employment opportunities are almost nil.
    nought British English spoken zero – used in calculations and figures: It has increased by nought point seven five per cent (=0.75%).
    O used to say the number 0 like the letter O: The code for Oxford is 0 one eight six five (=01865).

II
O2 /əʊ $ oʊ/ interjection
 Date: 1100-1200
 Origin: Natural sound
1. used when praying to a god or, in the past, when speaking to someone in great authority:
    O Lord, in you I put my trust.
2. another form of oh


OBrE /əʊ/ 🔊NAmE // 🔊 noun (also o) (
plural
Os
, O's, o's BrE /əʊz/ 🔊 NAmE /oʊz/ 🔊
)
[countable, uncountable] the 15th letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第 15 个字母'Orange' begins with (an) O/'O'.orange 一词以字母 o 开头。used to mean 'zero' when saying telephone numbers, etc. (说电话号码等时表示)零My number is six o double three (= 6033). 我的号码是六零三三。🔊🔊   see also O grade, O level
OBrE /əʊ/ 🔊NAmE // 🔊 exclamation(especially literary) = oh
OBrE /əʊ/ 🔊NAmE // 🔊 symbolthe symbol for the chemical element Oxygen (化学元素)氧