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What's the meaning of "one or another"?
The house was across the street. The women stood like tired caryatids on the porch, each one leaning against one or another of several warped and peeling columns.
What's the meaning of "tired" in the second sentence? I don't think it means the same of "tired" in "I feel tired".
What's the meaning of "one or another" in the second sentence?
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What's the meaning of "tired" in the second sentence? I don't think it means the same of "tired" in "I feel tired".
What's the meaning of "one or another" in the second sentence?
Thanks!
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in the first sentence, 'tired = weary, exhaust' and in the second sentence 'one or another= one of them'
ADJ-GRADED
能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词
陈旧的;陈腐的 If you describe something as tired, you are critical of it because you have heard it or seen it many times
能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词
陈旧的;陈腐的 If you describe something as tired, you are critical of it because you have heard it or seen it many times
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