tharf

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈθɑː(ɹ)f/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Stiff, unsocial, rough in manner. UK,obsolete,regional
    — a tharf person

词形变化

more tharf comparative most tharf superlative

词源

From Middle English therf, from Old English þeorf (“unleavened, fresh, skim”), from Proto-West Germanic *þerb, from Proto-Germanic *þerbaz (“unleavened, simple”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terbh-, *(s)trebh- (“rigid, stiff, tight”).
Cognate with German derb (“rough, coarse, rude”), Old Frisian therve, Middle Dutch derf, Middle High German derp, Icelandic þjarfur (“unleavened”) and Ancient Greek τέρπω (térpō).
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