tire 1
tire的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [tair]
KK音标发音: [taɪr]
tire的词性:
v.(动词)
tire的词性:
v.intr.(不及物动词)
1. To grow weary.
疲劳,累:产生疲惫
2. To grow bored or impatient.
厌烦:产生厌烦或不耐烦之感
tire的词性:
v.tr.(及物动词)
3. To diminish the strength or energy of; fatigue.
使…感到累:使…力量或精力减弱;使…疲惫
4. To exhaust the interest or patience of; bore.
使…厌烦:使…的兴趣或耐心耗尽;使…厌倦
tire的词源:
5. Middle English tiren
中古英语 tiren
6. from Old English t?orian, tyrian * see deu- 1
源自 古英语 t?orian, tyrian *参见 deu- 1
tire, weary, fatigue, exhaust, jade
7. These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of strength, energy, spirit, interest, or patience.
这些动词都有使或经历力量、精力、兴致、兴趣或耐心被耗尽的意思。
8. Tire is the general, nonspecific term; it often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui:
Tire 是一个笼统的,非特定的词;这个词通常表示由于努力、过度、烦闷或无聊产生的一种状态:
Long hours of arduous hiking tired the scouts.
长时间的艰苦跋涉把这些童子军给累坏了。
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life” (Samuel Johnson).
“当一个人厌倦了伦敦的时候,他也厌倦了生活” (萨缪尔·约翰逊)。
9. Weary, like tire, is applicable to diminution of strength or endurance but often carries a stronger implication of dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring:
Weary 和tire 一样,可以指力量或忍耐力的消退, 但通常带有一种很强的不满的含义,如由于让人讨厌或厌烦的事所导致:
found the journey wearying;
觉得旅行很累人;
soon wearied of their constant bickering.
很快他们对这种持续不断的争吵感到厌倦了。
10. Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress:
Fatigue 意为疲劳,如由压力所造成的:
fatigued by the day's labors;
被一天的劳作弄得疲惫不堪;
“nothing so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task” (William James). To exhaust is to wear out completely; the term connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength:
“没有什么东西象一份萦绕在你心头的没有完成的工作那样累人” (威廉·詹姆士)。Exhaust 指筋疲力尽, 这个词表示体力或情感力量的完全耗尽:
“Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners” (Oscar Wilde).
“象任何想详尽无遗地论述一个题目的人一样,他把他的听众弄得疲惫不堪” (奥斯卡·王尔德)。
11. Jade refers principally to dullness that most often results from overindulgence:
Jade 主要指由于过度放纵所致的厌倦:
Even an exquisitely prepared dinner couldn't revive her jaded palate.
即使是一顿精心准备的晚餐也不能恢复她吃腻了的胃口
tire 2
tire的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [tair]
KK音标发音: [taɪr]
tire的词性:
n.(名词)
12. A covering for a wheel, usually made of rubber reinforced with cords of nylon, fiberglass, or other material and filled with compressed air.
轮胎:车轮的覆盖物,通常由用尼龙绳、玻璃纤维或其它材料加固的橡胶制成,并注入了压缩的空气
13. A hoop of metal or rubber fitted around a wheel.
轮箍:绕在轮子周围的金属或橡胶
tire的词源:
14. Middle English [iron rim of a wheel]
中古英语 [轮子的铁边]
15. probably from tir [attire]
可能源自 tir [服装]
16. short for atire
atire的简写
17. from attiren [to attire] * see attire
源自 attiren [穿衣] *参见 attire
tire 3
tire的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [tair]
KK音标发音: [taɪr]
tire的词性:
v.tr.(及物动词)
18. To adorn or attire.
打扮或穿衣
tire的词性:
n.(名词)
19. Attire.
衣服
20. A headband or headdress.
束发带或头巾
tire的词源:
21. Middle English tiren
中古英语 tiren
22. short for attiren [to attire] * see attire
attiren的简写 [穿衣] *参见 attire