| 词汇 | ajar |
| 释义 | ajar adjective[ after verb ] uk /əˈdʒɑːr/ us /əˈdʒɑːr/ If a door is ajar, it is slightly open: （门）微开的，半开的 We left the door ajar so that we could hear what they were saying.我们把门留了一条缝，这样就能听见他们说些什么。 Open and closed airtight barred closed crack gaping gapingly hermetically sealed hour latch off-hours open out of hoursidiom patency sealed shut to unbarricaded undone watertight wide-eyed ajar | American Dictionaryajar adjective us/əˈdʒɑr/ almost shut; slightly open: I left the door ajar so that I could hear the baby. Note:Used to describe the position of a door. Examples of ajarajar These are made out of roomy biscuit tins (lined with felt), with the lid ajar. In the second, mouth ajar, he looks up to the heavens. Although none of the articles presented here engages with this perspective, most of them leave the door open (or at least ajar) for this type of analysis. A flap (approximately 4-5 cm wide and 2-3 cm high) was cut a third of the way up the bottle and was kept ajar with a small stick. I rise to keep the door ajar for him should he wish to raise any matters concerning this clause at a later date. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad that the door is ajar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I get the feeling from my noble friend that the door is ajar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the door was left ajar by not blacklisting everything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the door irrevocably slammed in the face of a possible settlement, or is it left ajar to that extent? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What should not be allowed to happen in the meantime, is for the doors which are now ajar to be quietly closed. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is only ajar now, but it will need to be opened mare widely. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were entitled to draw from that the assumption that it might at least be partly ajar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They did not leave the door ajar, even though they hoped it might not be necessary to go through it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been said that she has the door ajar and is in a position to bring about an improvement in women's wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He gave the clear impression that, once the door was ajar, it would be much easier to push it futher open. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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