English Dictionary

on

/ɒn/

adv

To an operating state. / So as to cover or be fitted. / Along, forwards (continuing an action). / In continuation, at length. / (obsolete in the US) Later.

The computer is on.

意味（1）

To an operating state.

turn the television on

意味（2）

So as to cover or be fitted.

The lid wasn't screwed on properly.

意味（3）

Along, forwards (continuing an action).

drive on, rock on

意味（4）

In continuation, at length.

and so on

意味（5）

(obsolete in the US) Later.

Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.

意味（6）

Of betting odds, denoting a better-than-even chance. See also odds-on.

That horse is twenty-to-one on, so you need to stake twenty pounds just to win one pound.