1
- a wide-mouthed cylindrical container made of glass or pottery, especially one used for storing food. the contents of such a container罐子, 坛子; 广口瓶：
we got through jars of mustard.
我们用光了好几罐芥末。
1.1
- Brit. informal a glass of beer〈英, 非正式〉一杯啤酒：
let's have a jar.
让我们喝杯啤酒吧。
派生词
jarful
noun （pl. -fuls）词源
late 16th cent.: from French jarre, from Arabic jarra.
verb
jarred, jarring
1
- with obj. send a painful or damaging shock through (something, especially a part of the body)震痛, 挫伤（尤指身体一部分）：
he jarred the knee in training.
他在训练中震伤了膝盖。
1.1
- no obj. strike against something with an unpleasant vibration or jolt震动; 震晃：
the stick jarred on the bottom of the pond.
棍子敲击到池塘底产生震动。
2
- no obj. have an unpleasant, annoying, or disturbing effect使感不快, 刺激：
a laugh which jarred on the ears
刺耳的笑声
the difference in their background began to jar.
他们之间不同的背景开始让彼此互感不快。
2.1
- be incongruous in a striking or shocking way不和谐, 不一致, 不协调：
the play's symbolism jarred with the realism of its setting
该剧的象征主义与其舞台背景的现实主义不协调
as adj. jarring the only jarring note was the modern appearance of the customers.唯一不和谐之处就是顾客们的摩登打扮。
词源
late 15th cent. （as a noun in the sense 'disagreement, dispute'）： probably imitative.