| 单词 | tardy |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tɑ:di] |
| 解释 | a.缓慢的，迟缓的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.缓慢的，迟缓的 (slow to act；sluggish) 【记】 tard(迟缓)+y 【同】 同根词：retard(阻碍 )；tardigrade(缓步 的) 【例】 a tardy reader(阅读速度慢的 人) |
| 字源 | tardy (adj.) 1520s, "slow," from Old French tardif "slow, late" (12c.), also the name of the snail character in the Roman de Renart, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus "slow, sluggish; late; dull, stupid," of unknown origin. Meaning "late" in English is from 1660s. This word, not much used in English prose, is constantly employed in the U.S. and in Canada with reference to lateness in school-attendance. [Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912] Related: Tardily; tardiness. Earlier form of the word in English was tardif, tardyve (late 15c.). Tardity "slowness of movement or action" is recorded in English from early 15c., from Old French tardete, from Latin tarditas. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 缓慢的; 迟缓的(在计划、期望或通常时间之后发生的) = sluggish 【记】源于: retard(v 延迟; 使减速) 【类】guile: na?f = tardy: prompt狡猾的不天真 = 迟缓的不迅速 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】retard 妨碍，推迟，智力迟钝(缓慢)的人；音：踏地，踏在地上不动，原地踏步；音：遢地，脚拖遢着地，慢； |
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