yare

名词 n. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /jɛː/    美 /jɛɹ/|/jeː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Alternative form of yair. alt-of,alternative
形容词 adj.
  1. Ready; prepared. archaic
  2. Ready, alert, prepared, prompt. UK,dialectal
    — […]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.
  3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
  4. Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
    — c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
副词 adv.
  1. Yarely. archaic
    — Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]

词形变化

yarer comparative yarest superlative yar alternative more yare comparative most yare superlative yar alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
yarely

词源

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”).
Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, ger (“perfect”).
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