Tardy



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.缓慢的, 迟缓的
• ［英］ adj.缓慢的, 迟缓的 ( slow to act;sluggish)
• ［记］ tard ( 迟缓) +y
• ［同］ 同根词: retard ( 阻碍) ;tardigrade ( 缓步的)
• ［例］ a tardy reader ( 阅读速度慢的人)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective (tardier; -est)

• Etymology: alteration of earlier tardif, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus
• Date: 15th century
• 1. moving slowly ; sluggish <the tardy pace at which she was obliged to walk — Charles Dickens>
• 2. delayed beyond the expected or proper time ; late <a tardy arrival>
• ? tardiness noun

II. noun (plural tardies)

• Date: 1960
• an instance of being tardy (as to a class)

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