tardiness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being tardy. uncountable
    — Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties.
  2. The result or product of being tardy. countable

词形变化

tardinesses plural

词汇关系

近义词
tardity
反义词
earliness punctuality

词源

Etymology tree
English tardy
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English tardiness
From tardy + -ness.
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