ajar
ajar 英 [əˈdʒɑ:(r)] 美 [əˈdʒɑr]
adj. 半开的；微开的；不和谐的 adv. 半开地；微开地；不协调地
- The adjective ajar describes something that is slightly open. A door that has been left ajar is easily pushed open by the wind or a nosy person.
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- adj. 半开的；微开的；不和谐的
- adv. 半开地；微开地；不协调地
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1. She opens the final cabinet and sees a false back, slightly ajar.
她打开最后一个柜子，看到里面一个暗门，微开着。
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2. The house door was ajar, too; light entered from its unclosed windows; Hindley had come out, and stood on the kitchen hearth, haggard and drowsy.
大厅的门也还是半开，从那没有关上的窗户那儿进来了光亮。 辛德雷已经出来了，站在厨房炉边，憔悴而懒塌塌的。
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3. The front door of the building stood ajar, so I went up the stairs, rang the bell, and waited.
大楼的前门半开着，所以我走上楼梯，按了门铃，等待着。
- ajar (adv.) "slightly open, neither open nor shut," 1718, also on a jar, on the jar, perhaps from Scottish dialectal a char "turned a little way," earlier on char (mid-15c.) "on the turn (of a door or gate)," from Middle English char "a turn," from Old English cier "a turn" (see chore). For first element see a- (1). For unusual change of ch- to j-, compare jowl.
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