jar
noun /dʒɑː(r)/
/dʒɑːr/
- enlarge image[countable] a round glass container, with a lid (= cover), used for storing food, especially jam, honey, etc.
(玻璃)罐子;广口瓶 - a storage jar
广口贮藏瓶
Topics Cooking and eatingb2- She filled the jars with the tomato sauce.
她把那些罐子都装满了番茄酱。 - an empty jam jar
空果酱瓶
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
- a storage jar
- [countable] a jar and what it contains
一罐,一瓶(的量) - a jar of coffee
一罐咖啡
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
- a jar of coffee
- [countable] a tall container with a wide mouth, with or without handles, used in the past for carrying water, etc.
缸;坛子 - a water jar
水缸 - These enormous stone jars are thought to be more than 2 000 years old.
这些巨大的石罐被认为有2 000多年的历史了。
- a water jar
- [countable] (British English, informal) a glass of beer
一杯啤酒 - Do you fancy a jar after work?
下班后去喝一杯怎么样?
- Do you fancy a jar after work?
- [singular] an unpleasant shock, especially from things being suddenly shaken or hit
猛然震动;撞击 - The fall gave him a nasty jar.
这一跤把他摔得好厉害。
- The fall gave him a nasty jar.
词源noun senses 1 to 4 late 16th cent.: from French jarre, from Arabic jarra. noun sense 5 late 15th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘disagreement, dispute’): probably imitative.