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单词 tar
释义
tar1 nountar2 verb
tartar1 /tɑː $ tɑːr/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtar1
Origin:
Old English teoru
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A naked man covered in tar and soot slithered by in pursuit of three young, giggling girls.
  • His facial scars radiating ridges pigmented with tar or carbon pictured some many-legged mutant spider.
  • Rating cigarettes by tar and nicotine content, much as gasoline is rated by octane levels.
  • The amount of tar in cigarettes is also important but less so than the number smoked or duration of smoking.
  • The clean smell of pine tar rose in the air, and Sam began counting rings.
word sets
WORD SETS
aisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun
1a black substance, thick and sticky when hot but hard when cold, used especially for making road surfaces coal tar2a sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns, and that gets into the lungs of people who smoke:  high tar cigarettes
tar1 nountar2 verb
tartar2 verb (past tense and past participle tarred, present participle tarring) [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
tar
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytar
he, she, ittars
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytarred
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave tarred
he, she, ithas tarred
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad tarred
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill tar
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have tarred
Continuous Form
PresentIam tarring
he, she, itis tarring
you, we, theyare tarring
PastI, he, she, itwas tarring
you, we, theywere tarring
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been tarring
he, she, ithas been tarring
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been tarring
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be tarring
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been tarring
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Kleider has been tarred by recent business scandals.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But he was tarred with Estabrook's guilt.
  • Candles and tarred kindling, and spices, Carrie thought, wrinkling her nose.
  • I was tarred with the same brush, to a certain extent.
  • Ralph even tarred the roof gutters and fixed a leak by the chimney.
  • Suspected abolitionists were tarred, feathered, and run out of town; antislavery literature was burned.
  • This is not an attempt to tar all forms of Centralism with the same brush.
word sets
WORD SETS
aisle, nounbelfry, nounbiomass, nounbooth, nounbreakwater, nounbridge, nounbridge, verbclapboard, nouncondemn, verbcondo, nounconstructor, nouncourtyard, nouncubicle, nouncupola, noundais, nounderrick, noundes res, noundeveloper, noundevelopment, noundome, noundomed, adjectivedry rot, nounDumpster, noundump truck, nounduplex, nounDutch barn, noundwelling, noundyke, nouneaves, nounelevator, nounescalator, nounestate, nounexit, nounfarmstead, nounfence, nounfirebrick, nounflagged, adjectiveflagstone, nounfortify, verbfoundation stone, nounfountain, nounfreehold, nounglazier, nounglazing, noungrating, noungroin, noungroyne, nounhandrail, nounhousing estate, nounhut, nouninsulation, nounironwork, nounlandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlevee, nounlisted, adjectivelow-rise, adjectivelychgate, nounmanor, nounmansion, nounmarble, nounmason, nounmasonry, nounminaret, nounmulti-storey, adjectivemulti-storey, nounopen-plan, adjectivepanel, nounpanelled, adjectivepantile, nounpillar, nounplatform, nounportal, nounportcullis, nounprecast, adjectiveprefab, nounprefabricated, adjectivepre-stressed, adjectivepublic works, nounQuonset hut, nounrailing, nounredecorate, verbredevelop, verbrevolving door, nounriser, nounrising damp, nounrivet, nounrood screen, nounroof, nounroom, nounroughcast, nounrow house, nounsalon, nounsash window, nounseawall, nounshelter, nounstanchion, nounstorey, nounstrut, nounsubside, verbsubsidence, nounsubstructure, nounsuperstructure, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbsurveyor, nounswing bridge, nountar, nountar, verbtower, nountriplex, nounurban renewal, nounwatercourse, nounwicket gate, nounwindbreak, nounwindmill, nounyard, noun
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYbe/get tarred with the same brush
  • These spoke openly of ropes being thrown over high beams and tar and feathers brought into play.
  • They would tar and feather him and ride him out of the town on a rail for this.
1to cover a surface with tar:  a tarred roof2be/get tarred with the same brush if someone is tarred with the same brush as someone else, people think they have the same faults or have committed the same crimes, even if they have not:  You’ve made it very clear that you think I’m tarred with the same brush as William.3 tar and feather to cover someone in tar and feathers as a cruel unofficial punishment
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