harry

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhæɹi/|/ˈhaɹɪj/    美 /ˈhæɹi/|/ˈhæɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A menial servant; a sweeper. India,obsolete,transitive
动词 v.
  1. To plunder, pillage, assault. transitive
    — I repent me much , That so I harry'd him
  2. To make repeated attacks on an enemy. transitive
    — 'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize to-night, / But I shall be back with the yellow gold before the morning light; / Yet, if they press me sharply, and harry me through the day, / Then look for me by moonlight, / Watch for me by moonlight, / I'll come to thee by moonlight, though Hell should bar the way.'
  3. To strip, lay waste, ravage. transitive
    — to harry this beautiful region
  4. To harass, bother or distress with demands, threats, or criticism. transitive
    — Chelsea also struggled to keep possession as QPR harried and chased at every opportunity, giving their opponents no time on the ball.

词形变化

harries present,singular,third-person harrying participle,present harried participle,past harried past harries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
harrier harrisome

词源

词源 1
From Middle English herien, harien, from Old English herġian, from Proto-West Germanic *harjōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną, from *harjaz (“army”), from Proto-Indo-European *koryos, from *ker- (“army”).
Cognates
See also Walloon hairyî, Old French hairier, harier; also Saterland Frisian ferheerje, German verheeren (“to harry, devastate”), Swedish härja (“ravage, harry”); also Old English here, West Frisian hear, Dutch heer, German Heer); also Middle Irish cuire (“army”), Lithuanian kãrias (“army; war”), Old Church Slavonic кара (kara, “strife”), Ancient Greek κοίρανος (koíranos, “chief, commander”), Old Persian [script needed] (kāra, “army”)). More at here (“army”).
Compare typologically Latin populor.
词源 2
Related to Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi, “bone”).
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