a·jar
adjective/əˈdʒɑː(r)/
/əˈdʒɑːr/
[not before noun]- (of a door) slightly open
半开；微启 - I'll leave the door ajar.
我会让门半开着。 - The office door stood ajar.
办公室的门半开着。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- stand
- leave something
- …
- slightly
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from a- ‘on’ + obsolete char (Old English cerr) ‘a turn, return’. - I'll leave the door ajar.