tarry
英 ['tɑːrɪ]
美 ['tæri]
- vi. 等候；逗留；耽擱
- vt. 等待
- n. 逗留
- adj. 塗了焦油的
- n. (Tarry)人名；(英)塔裏
助記提示
1. tardy，retard => tarry.
2. tar + -y => tarry.
3. 諧音“太累、遢女”-----拖遢的女人。
中文詞源
tarry 逗留，耽擱詞源不詳，可能來自阿拉伯語 tardare,延遲，遲緩，詞源同 tardy,retard.
英文詞源
- tarry (v.)
- early 14c., "to delay, retard" (transitive), of uncertain origin. Some suggest a connection to Latin tardare "to delay," or Old English tergan, tirgan "to vex, irritate, exasperate, provoke," which yielded a Middle English verb identical in form to this one. Intransitive meaning "to linger" is attested from late 14c. Related: Tarried; tarrying; tarrysome.
- tarry (adj.)
- 1550s, from tar (n.1) + -y (2). Tarry-fingered "dishonest, thieving" is from 1825.
雙語例句
- 1. I smelled tarry melted asphalt.
- 我聞到了柏油熔化了的味道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Mark Twain once went to borrow a certain book from a neighbour in Tarry town.
- 一次馬克.吐溫向Tarry鎮的鄰居借一本書.
來自互聯網
- 3. " I must tarry at home, and keep watch over my little Pearl.
- “ 我得呆在家裏, 照顧好我的小珠兒.
來自英漢文學 - 紅字
- 4. Why did he tarry so long on his way to school?
- 他為什麽在上學途中耽擱了那麽久?
來自辭典例句
- 5. What is my valley to you, that you shouldst tarry in it?
- 我這山穀跟你有什麽相幹, 你為什麽留在這兒不走 呢 ?
來自辭典例句