ajar

adverb · adjective · verbA1

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Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

achar

1.
(not comparable)Slightly turned or opened.
The door was standing ajar.
2.
(archaic, not comparable)Out of harmony.
3.
(not comparable)Being at variance or in contradiction to something.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more ajarmost ajar

Superlative

achar

1.
Slightly turned or opened.
The door is ajar.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

ajars

V_ing/Gerund

ajarring

V_ed/pp

ajarredachar

1.
(rare)(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
2.
(rare)(rare, perhaps nonstandard) To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English ajar, on char (on [the] turn), from on (on) + char (turn, occasion), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (turn), from ċierran (to turn, convert), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to char, chare (to turn, cause to turn), akerre ajar, kehren to turn. See char.