tardy
adjective · noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Late; overdue or delayed.
He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.
- 2.
Moving with a slow pace or motion; not swift.
- 3.
Ineffectual; slow-witted, slow to act, or dull.
His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.
- 4.
(obsolete)Unwary; unready (especially in the phrase take (someone) tardy).
- 5.
(obsolete)Criminal; guilty.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(US)A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell.
- 2.
(US)An instance of a student's being marked as tardy by a teacher on the teacher's attendance sheet.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete, transitive)To make tardy.
- 2.
(intransitive, rare)To dawdle.
Từ liên quan
Đồng nghĩa
Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.
Nguồn gốc từ
From an earlier tardive, from French tardif, from tardīvus, from Latin tardus (slow”, “sluggish), of obscure origin.