ajar

FREQ #31506

a. 微开的, 半开的, 不和谐的 adv. 微开, 半开, 不协调地

发音

UK /əˈd͡ʒɑː/
US /əˈd͡ʒɑɹ/
AU

词形变化

ajars 三单 ajarring 现在分词 ajarred 过去式 ajarred 过去分词 more ajar 比较级 most ajar 最高级

别名

achar

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.

    罕用
  2. 1.

    To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.

    罕用
adj.
  1. 1.

    Slightly turned or opened.

    虚掩地

    半开地

    The door is ajar.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Slightly turned or opened.

    虚掩地

    半开地

    The door was standing ajar.

  2. 1.

    Out of harmony.

    古体
  3. 2.

    Being at variance or in contradiction to something.

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 2

open unfastened

词源

From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.

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