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单词 ajar
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ajar1

adjective əˈdʒɑːəˈdʒɑr
  • predicative (of a door or other opening) slightly open.

    (门或其他开口处)半开的,微开的

    the home help had left the window ajar

    家政服务员那天早上让窗子半开着。

    the door to the sitting room was ajar

    通往起居室的门虚掩着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They exited the room through the slightly ajar door, where they saw Xavier and Saulo using the phone, Xavier with tears in his eyes.
    • There was a window that was slightly ajar, to a room with an open door, where the two ARC men were holding a conversation.
    • My hand grasped the knob and I turned it gently, pushing the door slightly ajar.
    • She opened the ajar door, saw an old television on a wheeled cart broadcasting a fire downtown.
    • Both girls started and turned towards the direction of the new voice - behind them and to the right, through a slightly ajar door.
    • The one window was open and the door stood slightly ajar, yet she did not get the impression that the house was abandoned.
    • Martin peers through an ajar door which opens into the lobby.
    • The door was slightly ajar, allowing her to slip in quietly.
    • He could see a slit of light coming from the slightly ajar door.
    • This other world is dreamlike, dark and sensual; time stands eerily still, doors are slightly ajar with nothing but blackness behind them.
    • She eased up to a door that was slightly ajar and peeked inside the room to view about six or seven men sitting at a round wooden table, discussing something.
    • Hurrying over to 818, she was not very surprised to find the door slightly ajar.
    • Peering round the doorframe into the dull landing, he saw Hannah's door open, and the bathroom door slightly ajar.
    • The door was ajar and swung open without resistance, and with Tabitha at home that did not happen.
    • Pressing a hand over his mouth, he stifled the wretch he could not keep down, pushing out a hand in front of him to wave the door which was already slightly ajar open.
    • At the eleventh hour the door was left slightly ajar once more.
    • Noticing Vincent's bedroom door was slightly ajar, Cael pushed it open further and looked in and grinned.
    • He found the door slightly ajar, and pushed it on open, clearing his throat to warn the occupant of his entering, but Greg found the room empty.
    • He's got the door slightly ajar, just cracked enough to peek through.
    • I was in a hospital and I saw that my door was open slightly ajar.
    Synonyms
    slightly open, half open, agape
    unfastened, unlatched, unlocked, unsecured, off the latch

Origin

Late 17th century: from a-2 'on' + obsolete char (Old English cerr) 'a turn, return'.

  • In this strange word a- ‘on’ is prefixed to obsolete char, which in Old English was cerr, meaning ‘a turn, return’.

Rhymes

aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah

ajar2

adverb əˈdʒɑːəˈdʒɑr
archaic
  • In a jarring state; unharmonious.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A woman prophesying in the midst of her own family doesn’t fit; a woman prophesying out in the open marketplace seems ajar.
    • What seems ajar is the loving family's refusal to acknowledge her boyfriend and her acceptance of this, albeit resentful.
    • My temper was so thoroughly ajar.
    • I wonder at my life, it seems ajar. Is it so bad to long for relationship? Will He grant me kindred heart fellowship?
    • We, as human beings, tend to dismiss something as soon as one small piece seems AJAR!!!

Origin

Mid 19th century: from a-2 'in, at' + jar2.

ajar1

adjectiveəˈjärəˈdʒɑr
  • predicative (of a door or other opening) slightly open.

    (门或其他开口处)半开的,微开的

    she had left the window ajar that morning

    家政服务员那天早上让窗子半开着。

    the door to the sitting room was ajar

    通往起居室的门虚掩着。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Noticing Vincent's bedroom door was slightly ajar, Cael pushed it open further and looked in and grinned.
    • He could see a slit of light coming from the slightly ajar door.
    • This other world is dreamlike, dark and sensual; time stands eerily still, doors are slightly ajar with nothing but blackness behind them.
    • He found the door slightly ajar, and pushed it on open, clearing his throat to warn the occupant of his entering, but Greg found the room empty.
    • Peering round the doorframe into the dull landing, he saw Hannah's door open, and the bathroom door slightly ajar.
    • She eased up to a door that was slightly ajar and peeked inside the room to view about six or seven men sitting at a round wooden table, discussing something.
    • I was in a hospital and I saw that my door was open slightly ajar.
    • They exited the room through the slightly ajar door, where they saw Xavier and Saulo using the phone, Xavier with tears in his eyes.
    • Pressing a hand over his mouth, he stifled the wretch he could not keep down, pushing out a hand in front of him to wave the door which was already slightly ajar open.
    • She opened the ajar door, saw an old television on a wheeled cart broadcasting a fire downtown.
    • The door was slightly ajar, allowing her to slip in quietly.
    • Martin peers through an ajar door which opens into the lobby.
    • Hurrying over to 818, she was not very surprised to find the door slightly ajar.
    • My hand grasped the knob and I turned it gently, pushing the door slightly ajar.
    • At the eleventh hour the door was left slightly ajar once more.
    • The one window was open and the door stood slightly ajar, yet she did not get the impression that the house was abandoned.
    • There was a window that was slightly ajar, to a room with an open door, where the two ARC men were holding a conversation.
    • He's got the door slightly ajar, just cracked enough to peek through.
    • Both girls started and turned towards the direction of the new voice - behind them and to the right, through a slightly ajar door.
    • The door was ajar and swung open without resistance, and with Tabitha at home that did not happen.
    Synonyms
    slightly open, half open, agape
    slightly open, half open, agape

Origin

Late 17th century: from a- ‘on’ + obsolete char ( Old English cerr) ‘a turn, return’.

ajar2

adverbəˈjärəˈdʒɑr
archaic
  • Out of harmony.

    〈古〉不和谐地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My temper was so thoroughly ajar.
    • What seems ajar is the loving family's refusal to acknowledge her boyfriend and her acceptance of this, albeit resentful.
    • A woman prophesying in the midst of her own family doesn’t fit; a woman prophesying out in the open marketplace seems ajar.
    • We, as human beings, tend to dismiss something as soon as one small piece seems AJAR!!!
    • I wonder at my life, it seems ajar. Is it so bad to long for relationship? Will He grant me kindred heart fellowship?

Origin

Mid 19th century: from a- ‘in, at’ + jar.

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