yar

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n. 纱线 n. (Yar)人名;(土、阿富、巴基、吉尔、土库、尼日利)亚尔;(柬)亚

发音

UK /jɑː/
其它
US /jɑɹ/

词形变化

yars 三单 yars yarring 现在分词 yarred 过去式 yarred 过去分词 more yar 比较级 most yar 最高级 yarer 比较级 yarest 最高级

别名

yarr yare

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To snarl; to gnar.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.

    苏格兰 不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Sour; brackish.

    英国 方言
  2. 1.

    Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.

    航海 交通

    1939, The Philadelphia Story written by Philip Barry My, she was yar...It means, uh...easy to handle, quick to the helm, fast, right. Everything a boat should be, until she develops dry rot.

    Arr, here be a fine vessel: the yarest river-going boat there be.

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词源

From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-Germanic *gerraną (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).

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