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单词 ajar
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•jar1 /əˈdʒɑr/USA pronunciation   adj., adv. 
  1. partly open:The door was ajar. She had left the door ajar.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•jar1  (ə jär′),USA pronunciation adj., adv. 
  1. neither entirely open nor entirely shut;
    partly open:The door was ajar.
  • 1350–1400; Middle English on char on the turn; see a-1, char3

a•jar2  (ə jär′),USA pronunciation adv., adj. 
  1. in contradiction to;
    at variance with:a story ajar with the facts.
  • 1545–55; for at jar at discord; compare jar3 (noun, nominal)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ajar /əˈdʒɑː/ adj , adv (postpositive)
  1. (esp of a door or window) slightly open
Etymology: 18th Century: altered form of obsolete on char, literally: on the turn; char, from Old English cierran to turn
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