oar

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oar /ɔː $ ɔːr/ noun [countable]  1. TTWa long pole with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat 橹，桨 → paddle2  put/stick/get your oar in British English informalINTERFERE to get involved in a conversation or situation when the other people do not want you to 多嘴，插嘴；插手，多管闲事 We were getting along fine until you stuck your oar in. 在你掺和进来之前，我们一直好好的。

Examples from the Corpus

oar• A piece of the boat or an oar or a white tennis shoe: Did tennis shoes float?• We embark, the ferryman hands us an oar, and the craft moves out from the dock.• Eddie also presented Margarett with an oar pin: he rowed seven on the Harvard varsity crew.• Though the wind be not favourable to you yet, ardently grasp the oars!• Alan insisted upon managing the oars, which made it even worse.• And when he took hold of the oars of a rowboat, the rowboat nearly jumped out of the water.• In the ensuing commotion lost one of the oars over board.Origin oar Old English ar

oar nounChinese  

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oar
oar /ɔː $ ɔːr/ noun [countable]
1. a long pole with a wide flat blade at one end, used for rowing a boat ⇨ paddle
2. put/stick/get your oar in British English informal to get involved in a conversation or situation when the other people do not want you to:
    We were getting along fine until you stuck your oar in.

oarBrE /ɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɔːr/ 🔊 noun

a long pole with a flat blade at one end that is used for rowing a boat 船桨；桨◆He pulled as hard as he could on the oars. 他拼命地划桨。🔊🔊  ➡  compare paddle noun (1) ●put/stick your ˈoar in(BrE, informal) to give your opinion, advice, etc. without being asked and when it is probably not wanted 多管闲事；横插一杠子 SYN interfere