ajar

ajar1
adverb & adjective
  1. (of a door or other opening) slightly open
    (门或其他开口处)半开的,微开的
    [as adv.]the home help had left the window ajar that morning.
    家政服务员那天早上让窗子半开着。
    [as predic. adj]the door to the sitting room was ajar.
    通往起居室的门虚掩着。
语源
  1. late 17th cent.: from a- 'on' + obsolete char (Old English cerr) 'a turn, return'

ajar2
adverb
  1. (archaic)out of harmony
    (古)不和谐地
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from a- 'in, at' + jar
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