Tarry



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.徘徊, 耽搁
• ［英］ v.徘徊, 耽搁 ( linger; delay in starting or going; dawdle)
• ［例］ Tarry a while at this charming country inn ( 在乡村酒店逗留一会) .

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (tarried; tarrying)

• Etymology: Middle English tarien
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. to delay or be tardy in acting or doing
  • b. to linger in expectation ; wait
• 2. to abide or stay in or at a place

II. noun (plural tarries)

• Date: 14th century
• stay, sojourn

III. adjective

• Date: 1552
• of, resembling, or covered with tar

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