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单词 tarry
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tarry1

adjectivetarrier, tarriest ˈtɑːriˈtɑri
  • Like or covered with tar.

    柏油的;像柏油的;涂柏油的

    a length of tarry rope

    一段涂了柏油的绳子。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the poles are laid on the barrels, they are covered with the tarry poke.
    • Some people put out three feet of tarry rope at a time.
    • She said the youths kicked a football against her fence; climbed into her garden, despite the black, tarry anti-burglar paint; shouted insults at her; and banged on her windows.
    • The rain is cold as it hits my bare arms, and steam rises from the hot concrete, a bitter tarry smell that has been the scent of every wet summer of my life.
    • The sight of mainly German and Swiss tourists wandering around the beach covered from head to toe in tarry black ‘anti-ageing’ mud certainly gives me a laugh.
    • Coupled with the bad weather a tarry substance has appeared on some beaches and made things unpleasant for bathers.
    • Evidence of methane rainfall came from Huygens's images of the surface, which showed sinuous, branching channels extending from relatively bright highlands to a tarry plain.
    • Back then, as is true today, we didn't know if we're going to land on ice or in a liquid methane-ethane ocean or a tarry gooey surface.
    • It was a strange blue-black and looked like a soft, tarry gloop.
    • Symptoms are either visibly red stools or tarry black stools.
    • It was filling, the whole thing extravagantly scented with chunks of cinnamon bark and wood-scented, tarry black cardamom.
    • The bleached wood floor is covered in tarry splats.
    • He was the technical services engineer for a bitumen company, delighting in tales of tarry deposits and exploding tankers.
    • Keeldra in Leitrim failed to meet the national standard for both tarry residues and transparency.
    • The finish is extremely long with full tarry, bitter cherry flavors that fade into firm but well-rounded tannins.
    • The tarry substance was splashed over doors, wings, windows and bonnets.
    • Included in this year's Whitney Biennial, Booker's art smells like rubber in a pleasant way: sweet, tarry and not at all like oil painting.
    • Once ejected, the tarry comets would simply suck up visible light, he says, remaining cloaked in darkness.
    • Two days after the flood, I heard loud banging noises once again, went to the kitchen and found the stabiliser burning like a torch and emitting heavy, tarry smoke.
    • Its current owner removed the tarry dirt to reveal a stupendous new Titian.

Derivatives

  • tarriness

  • noun
    • It's youthfully floral, the smooth tannins edged with classic nebbiolo tarriness, here refined into chocolate, but not emasculated by sweetness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Classic Barossa Valley Shiraz aromas abound here: grassy wheaty, with sweet spicy fruitcake and tarriness, too.
      • This is a dense and brooding Merlot that displays a fine and persistent finish with a hint of tarriness.
      • Also has a some tarriness and a few gamey/meaty characters that add to the overall appeal.
      • It has good balance, with flavors that follow the aromatics - there is also a hint of pleasant bitter tarriness in the finish - little in the way of tannins.

Rhymes

Barry, Carrie, carry, Cary, Clarrie, Gary, glengarry, harry, intermarry, lari, Larry, marry, miscarry, parry

tarry2

verbtarried, tarries, tarrying ˈtariˈtɛri
[no object]literary
  • Stay longer than intended; delay leaving a place.

    〈旧〉拖延;逗留

    she could tarry a bit and not get home until four

    她可以再逗留一会直到四点再回家。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But thou shouldst not tarry here for thine own sake.
    • Think of Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, His disciples tarried and fell asleep.
    • Ariana looked into Darren's eyes and said calmly, ‘I've tarried here far too long.’
    • Nations come and go and have since the beginning of time and if the Lord tarries will continue to come and go forever.
    • One of our great poets has well and finely said that freedom is not a gift that tarries long in the hands of cowards.
    Synonyms
    wait around, stay, remain, stay put, wait
    linger, loiter, procrastinate, pause, delay, wait, lag, dawdle

Derivatives

  • tarrier

  • noun ˈtarɪəˈtæriər
    literary
    • A person who stays longer than intended.

      no true knight's a tarrier
      Our warriors, long tarriers, will set swift sail.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

tarry1

adjectiveˈtɑriˈtärē
  • Of, like, or covered with tar.

    柏油的;像柏油的;涂柏油的

    a length of tarry rope

    一段涂了柏油的绳子。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She said the youths kicked a football against her fence; climbed into her garden, despite the black, tarry anti-burglar paint; shouted insults at her; and banged on her windows.
    • It was a strange blue-black and looked like a soft, tarry gloop.
    • Back then, as is true today, we didn't know if we're going to land on ice or in a liquid methane-ethane ocean or a tarry gooey surface.
    • The sight of mainly German and Swiss tourists wandering around the beach covered from head to toe in tarry black ‘anti-ageing’ mud certainly gives me a laugh.
    • Two days after the flood, I heard loud banging noises once again, went to the kitchen and found the stabiliser burning like a torch and emitting heavy, tarry smoke.
    • Keeldra in Leitrim failed to meet the national standard for both tarry residues and transparency.
    • Some people put out three feet of tarry rope at a time.
    • Symptoms are either visibly red stools or tarry black stools.
    • The tarry substance was splashed over doors, wings, windows and bonnets.
    • The rain is cold as it hits my bare arms, and steam rises from the hot concrete, a bitter tarry smell that has been the scent of every wet summer of my life.
    • The finish is extremely long with full tarry, bitter cherry flavors that fade into firm but well-rounded tannins.
    • After the poles are laid on the barrels, they are covered with the tarry poke.
    • It was filling, the whole thing extravagantly scented with chunks of cinnamon bark and wood-scented, tarry black cardamom.
    • He was the technical services engineer for a bitumen company, delighting in tales of tarry deposits and exploding tankers.
    • Coupled with the bad weather a tarry substance has appeared on some beaches and made things unpleasant for bathers.
    • Included in this year's Whitney Biennial, Booker's art smells like rubber in a pleasant way: sweet, tarry and not at all like oil painting.
    • Once ejected, the tarry comets would simply suck up visible light, he says, remaining cloaked in darkness.
    • Its current owner removed the tarry dirt to reveal a stupendous new Titian.
    • Evidence of methane rainfall came from Huygens's images of the surface, which showed sinuous, branching channels extending from relatively bright highlands to a tarry plain.
    • The bleached wood floor is covered in tarry splats.

tarry2

verbˈtɛriˈterē
[no object]literary
  • Stay longer than intended; delay leaving a place.

    〈旧〉拖延;逗留

    she could tarry a bit and not get home until four

    她可以再逗留一会直到四点再回家。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ariana looked into Darren's eyes and said calmly, ‘I've tarried here far too long.’
    • Think of Jesus, in the Garden of Gethsemane, His disciples tarried and fell asleep.
    • Nations come and go and have since the beginning of time and if the Lord tarries will continue to come and go forever.
    • But thou shouldst not tarry here for thine own sake.
    • One of our great poets has well and finely said that freedom is not a gift that tarries long in the hands of cowards.
    Synonyms
    wait around, stay, remain, stay put, wait
    linger, loiter, procrastinate, pause, delay, wait, lag, dawdle

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

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