ajar

英 [əˈdʒɑː(r)]

美 [əˈdʒɑːr]

adj.  半开; 微启

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BNC.21238 / COCA.16792

牛津词典

adj.

• 半开；微启
  slightly open
  1. I'll leave the door ajar.
     我让门半开着。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （门等）半开着的，微开着的
  If a door isajar, it is slightly open.
  1. He left the door ajar in case I needed him.
     他虚掩房门，以防我会需要他。

双语例句

• Leaving Joseph to explain matters, I ran to the children's room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never laid down, though it was past midnight; but they were calmer, and did not need me to console them.
  约瑟夫留在那里向医生解说一切，而我便跑到孩子们的房间里去。门半开着，虽然已经过半夜了，他们根本就没躺下来。只是已安静些了，不需要我来安慰了。
• "I have always left the door ajar because I'm not that cruel. If I had a fabulous idea that came out of that world, because I loved writing it, I would do it," she told the BBC.
  但是我经常让那扇门敞开着，因为我不那么残忍，若我有关于那个魔法世界的绝佳构想，而我又喜欢写，那我就会写。她告诉BBC。
• As soon as the door is left ajar the puppy makes a bid for freedom.
  这门刚开到一半，那条小狗就企图逃跑。
• The second problem is how to keep the door to the EU ajar.
  其次，怎样让通往欧盟的大门微微的开着。
• The gray troops passed by empty mansions, deserted farms, lonely cabins with doors ajar.
  南部联盟所过之处都是些空无人烟的大厦，被遗弃的农场，门户洞开的孤独小屋。
• He went downstairs, Miss Thompson was waiting for him with her door ajar.
  他下楼时，汤姆逊小姐微掩着门，在等着他。
• During my childhood days, house doors could be left ajar at night.
  儿时的乡村，是可以夜不闭户的。
• I'll leave the door ajar.
  我让门半开着。
• We left the door ajar so that we could hear what they were saying.
  我们让门稍稍开着，这样我们就能听到他们在说什么。
• Don't leave the door ajar, this is a private meeting.
  进来，简，你迟到了。别开着门，这是私人会议。