ajar

动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /əˈd͡ʒɑː/    美 /əˈd͡ʒɑɹ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar. rare
    — A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.
  2. To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew. rare
    — It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring ; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.
形容词 adj.
  1. Slightly turned or opened.
    — The door is ajar.
副词 adv.
  1. Slightly turned or opened. not-comparable
    — The door was standing ajar.
  2. Out of harmony. archaic,not-comparable
  3. Being at variance or in contradiction to something. not-comparable
    — There is a sort of unexpressed concern, / A kind of shock that sets one's heart ajar […].

词形变化

achar alternative,Scotland more ajar comparative most ajar superlative achar alternative,Scotland ajars present,singular,third-person ajarring participle,present ajarred participle,past ajarred past achar alternative,Scotland ajars present,singular,third-person ajarring participle,present ajarred participle,past ajarred past

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English a-
English jar
English ajar
From a- (“in, at”) + jar (“discord, disagreement”).
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