ajar

英 [ə'dʒɑː]美 [ə'dʒɑr]
  • adj. 半开的；微开的；不和谐的
  • adv. 半开地；微开地；不协调地
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中文词源

ajar 半张着的

来自短语on char. char, 转，同chore, 家务杂事（像陀螺一样干不完）。

英文词源

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."

双语例句

1. I'll leave the door ajar.
我让门半开着。
来自《权威词典》
2. The door was ajar, so the cat was able to come in.
门半开着, 因此猫可以进来.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The door stood ajar.
门半开半掩.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. He left the door ajar in case I needed him.
他虚掩房门，以防我会需要他。
来自辞典例句
5. It was now standing ajar.
房门是虚掩着.
来自子夜部分