tardy

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɑːdi/    美 /ˈtɑɹdi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. US
    — The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell.
  2. An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet. US
动词 v.
  1. To make tardy. obsolete,transitive
    — the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command
  2. To dawdle. intransitive,rare
    — Sitting there on the rock behind the school, I heard nothing but the occasional raised voice of some youngster tardying on his way home, and the joints in the schoolhouse squeaking from the frost.
形容词 adj.
  1. Late; overdue or delayed.
    — He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.
  2. Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
    — […] fashions in proud Italy, / Whose manners still our tardy apish nation / Limps after in base imitation.
  3. Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
    — His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.
  4. Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy). obsolete
    — Be not ta’en tardy by unwise delay.
  5. Criminal; guilty. obsolete
    — And the Franks served the Men much the same ſauce when they found them tardy, and made them run their Heats through the Streets

词形变化

tardier comparative tardiest superlative tardies plural tardies present,singular,third-person tardying participle,present tardied participle,past tardied past

词汇关系

衍生词
tardily tardiness tardity tardyon
相关词
tardy slip

词源

词源 1
From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.
词源 2
From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.
词源 3
From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from Late Latin tardīvus, from Latin tardus (“slow”, “sluggish”), of obscure origin.
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