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OM here is a set of letters, not a spoken syllable. It stands for the Order of Merit, a very small British honour the monarch gives for outstanding work in science, art, the armed forces, or public life.
OM在這裡 here is a set of letters是一組字母，not a spoken syllable不是唸出來的音節。It它 stands for代表 the Order of Merit功績勳章，a very small British honour一個非常小眾的英國榮譽，the monarch由君主 gives頒發 for outstanding work in science, art, the armed forces, or public life表彰在科學、藝術、軍事或公共生活上的傑出成就。
Only a handful of living people hold it at a time. Older books say “the Queen”; it is a personal gift of the British king or queen, and for many years that was Elizabeth II.
Only a handful of living people在世的人裡只有極少數 hold it at a time同時擁有這個頭銜。Older learner books較舊的學習教材 say "the Queen"會寫「女王」；it它 is a personal gift of the British king or queen是英國國王或女王親自頒發的榮譽，and for many years而多年來 that was Elizabeth II那都是伊麗莎白二世。
You write it after a name, as in “Florence OM”. It is formal and British; in Taiwan you mainly see it in news about a famous scientist or writer.
You你 write it after a name把它寫在名字後面，as in "Florence Nightingale OM"像「Florence Nightingale OM」這樣。It它 is formal and British是正式、英國式的用法；in Taiwan在台灣，you你 mainly see it主要會在 in news about a famous scientist or writer知名科學家或作家的新聞裡看到它。
Students who know yoga will think of a completely different om — a holy sound from . That is another word that happens to look the same in small letters; it is not this honour.
Students who know yoga懂瑜伽的學生 will think of a completely different om會想到完全不同的另一個om——a holy sound from Sanskrit梵文裡的一個神聖音。That它 is another word that happens to look the same in small letters是另一個剛好小寫拼法相同的字；it它 is not this honour不是這個勳章。
組成The letters stand for Order of Merit. This entry is the British honour, not the Sanskrit holy sound om (ॐ).
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Omname
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A river in the south of the Western Siberian plains in Russia, a right tributary of the Irtysh.
omnoun/ɒm/
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BuddhismlifestylereligionA sacred, mystical syllable used in prayer and meditation.
- In fact it sounded exactly like the voice of Livia, her vanished sister, and, like her, it was intoning the Aum just as she used once to do at the beginning of her yoga sessions.
- Om is pronounced "a-a-o-o-u-u-m-m" and is repeated slowly for as long as possible.
omverb/ɒm/
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To chant the sacred syllable om.
- Allen Ginsberg omming like a death rattle, his voice ravaged by the days of Hindu chants and gas.
- I had to go into church to clear it by chanting the sacred mantra 'Om'. I was omming, loudly and intensely so that the vibration of that sacred mantra would fill every corner.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。