chary

大学

a. 细心的, 吝啬的, 谨慎的

发音

UK /ˈt͡ʃɛəɹi/
其它 /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/
AU /ˈt͡ʃeː.ɹi/
NZ /ˈt͡ʃeəɹi/
NZ /ˈt͡ʃiəɹi/
SCOT /ˈt͡ʃeɹɪ/
SCOT /ˈt͡ʃeɹe/

词形变化

charier 比较级 charier chariest chariest 最高级 more chary 比较级 most chary 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

谨慎的；仔细的；吝啬的；怕羞的

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Careful, cautious, shy, wary.

  2. 2.

    Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.

  3. 3.

    Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing.

  4. 4.

    Cared for, regarded as precious; cherished.

    废旧
adv.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

cagey cagy

近义相关 1

cautious

词源

From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ċeariġ (“careful; pensive; chary, wary; anxious, sad, sorrowful; dire, grievous”), from Proto-West Germanic *karag (“anxious; sad”), from Proto-Germanic *karō + *-gaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“exclamation; voice”) + *-kos (suffix forming adjectives with the meaning ‘pertaining to; typical of’)); analysable as care + -y. The English word is cognate with Danish karrig (“miserly, stingy”), Dutch karig (“austere, scant, sparing”), Norwegian karrig (“barren; meagre; poor”), Old High German charag, karag (“sparing”) (modern German karg (“barren; meagre, poor”)), Old Saxon carag, karag, Swedish karg (“austere; barren; hungry; needy, poor”). See further at care.

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