yark

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /jɑːk/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make ready; prepare. obsolete,transitive
  2. To bind or draw (especially leather or stitches) tight.
    — [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]
  3. To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for. obsolete,transitive
  4. To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
  5. To set open; open. obsolete,transitive
  6. To crack (a whip).
    — he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter], as cunningly as any Carter in France.

词形变化

yarks present,singular,third-person yarking participle,present yarked participle,past yarked past yarks present,singular,third-person yarking participle,present yarked participle,past yarked past yerk alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
yarking

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ȝarken, ȝerken, from Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”), Proto-West Germanic *garwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *garwakōną (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, take, rake”), equivalent to yare + -k. Related to Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”), ġearu (“prepared, ready, equipped, complete, finished, yare”). More at yare.
词源 2
Uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare jerk etc.
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