yar
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英 /jɑː/
美 /jɑɹ/
英文释义
动词 v.
- To snarl; to gnar.
- To growl, especially like a dog; quarrel; to be captious or troublesome.
形容词 adj.
- Sour; brackish.
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Quick and agile; easy to hand, reef and steer.
— The wynd was good, the Schip was yare.
词源
词源 1
From Middle English ȝaren, ȝurren, ȝeorren, from Old English ġeorran, ġirran, gyrran (“to sound, chatter, grunt, creak, grate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gerran (“to creak”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to make a noise, rattle, gurgle, grumble”). Cognate with Scots yarr, yirr (“to snarl, growl, quarrel, cause trouble”), Middle High German girren (“to roar, cry, rattle, chatter”).
词源 2
Uncertain.
词源 3
From Middle English yar, ȝar, variants of yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“ready”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz.
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