weary
英['w??r?]
美['w?ri]
- adj. 疲倦的；厭煩的；令人厭煩的
- vi. 疲倦；厭煩
- vt. 使疲倦；使厭煩
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?wearies;過去式:?wearied;過去分詞:?wearied;現在分詞:?wearying;比較級:?wearier;最高級:?weariest;副詞:?wearily;名詞:?weariness;
中文詞源
weary 乏味的
來自古英語werig,疲勞的，悲慘的，進一步詞源不詳。或來自wear,磨損，引申詞義疲乏，乏味。
英文詞源
- weary
- weary: [OE] Weary is descended from a West Germanic *wōriga, whose other offspring have all died out. It was formed from the base *wōr-, which also produced Old English wōrian ‘wander, totter’ and Old Norse ?rr ‘mad’, but its ultimate ancestry is uncertain.
- weary (adj.)
- Old English werig "tired, exhausted; miserable, sad," related to worian "to wander, totter," from Proto-Germanic *worigaz (cognates: Old Saxon worig "weary," Old High German wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin.
- weary (v.)
- Old English wergian "to be or become tired" (intransitive), gewergian "to exhaust, to make tired" (transitive), from the source of weary (adj.). Related: Wearied; wearying.
雙語例句
- 1. The weary walkers soothed their aching feet in the sea.
- 走累了的人們把腳伸進海水中浸泡以緩解疼痛。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was weary of being alone.
- 她厭倦了獨處。
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- 3. They're getting awfully weary of this silly war.
- 他們越來越厭煩這場無聊的戰爭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Rachel looked pale and weary.
- 雷切爾看起來臉色蒼白，疲憊不堪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He looked weary and bedraggled.
- 他看上去又疲憊，又邋遢。
來自柯林斯例句