jar
noun [ C ] uk/dʒɑːr/ us/dʒɑːr/
(CONTAINER)
B1 罐子，坛子;广口瓶
a glass or clay container with a wide opening at the top and sometimes a fitted lid, usually used for storing food
a jar of coffee/pickled onions 一罐咖啡／腌洋葱
a jam jar 果酱罐子
UK informal一杯啤酒
a drink of beer
We often have a jar or two at the pub after work. 我们经常下班后到酒吧喝上一两杯啤酒。
- More examples
- Would you put the jar back into the cupboard for me, please?
- Can you get the lid off this jar?
- I keep pennies and other small coins in a jar.
- Screw the lid firmly on to the jar and shake well.
- Turn the jar upside down and shake it.
(SHAKE)
震摇;颠簸;撞击
a sudden forceful or unpleasant shake or movement
With every jar of the carriage, the children shrieked with excitement. 车厢每剧烈震动一下，孩子们就兴奋地尖叫。
jar
verb uk/dʒɑːr/ us/dʒɑːr/ -rr-
(SHAKE)
[ I or T ]震动，（猛烈地）摇动
to shake or move someone or something unpleasantly or violently
The sudden movement jarred his injured ribs. 突然的一动震疼了他受伤的肋骨。
(NOT PLEASANT)
[ I or T ]（使）感到不快;刺激（神经等）
If a sight, sound, or experience jars, it is so different or unexpected that it has a strong and unpleasant effect on something or someone.
The harsh colours jarred the eye. 这些强烈的色彩很刺眼。
A screech of brakes jarred the silence. 刺耳的刹车声打破了宁静。
(NOT RIGHT)
[ I ]冲突；不和谐，不一致
to disagree or seem wrong or unsuitable
This comment jars with the opinions we have heard expressed elsewhere. 这一评论和我们在其他地方听到的意见不一致。
Phrasal verb
jar on someone （尤指噪声等）使（某人）不快
If something, especially a noise, jars on you, it annoys you.
His superior manner jars on me. 他那高高在上的样子令我不快。
That squeaky voice is beginning to jar on me. 那尖细的说话声开始让我不舒服了。