ajar
英 [?'d?ɑ?]
美[?'d?ɑr]
- adj. 半開(kāi)的；微開(kāi)的；不和諧的
- adv. 半開(kāi)地；微開(kāi)地；不協(xié)調(diào)地
TOEFLTEM8擴(kuò)展詞匯
中文詞源
ajar 半張著的
來(lái)自短語(yǔ)on char. char, 轉(zhuǎn)，同chore, 家務(wù)雜事（像陀螺一樣干不完）。
英文詞源
- ajar
- ajar: [16] Ajar comes from Scotland and Northern England. In Middle English times it was a char or on char, literally ‘on turn’ (char comes from an Old English word cerr ‘turn’, which in its metaphorical sense ‘turn of work’ has given modern English charwoman and chore). A door or window that was in the act of turning was therefore neither completely shut nor completely open. The first spellings with j occur in the 18th century.
=> char, charwoman - ajar
- 1718, perhaps from Scottish dialectal a char "slightly open," earlier on char (early 16c.), from Middle English char, from Old English cier "a turn."
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I'll leave the door ajar.
- 我讓門(mén)半開(kāi)著。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. The door was ajar, so the cat was able to come in.
- 門(mén)半開(kāi)著, 因此貓可以進(jìn)來(lái).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. The door stood ajar.
- 門(mén)半開(kāi)半掩.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. He left the door ajar in case I needed him.
- 他虛掩房門(mén)，以防我會(huì)需要他。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. It was now standing ajar.
- 房門(mén)是虛掩著.
來(lái)自子夜部分