ajar

• adj. 半開的；微開的；不和諧的
• adv. 半開地；微開地；不協調地

來自短語on char. char, 轉，同chore, 家務雜事（像陀螺一樣幹不完）。

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."

1. I'll leave the door ajar.

我讓門半開著。

來自《權威詞典》

2. The door was ajar, so the cat was able to come in.

門半開著, 因此貓可以進來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The door stood ajar.

門半開半掩.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. He left the door ajar in case I needed him.

他虛掩房門，以防我會需要他。

來自辭典例句

5. It was now standing ajar.

房門是虛掩著.

來自子夜部分