該動了，腳卻還沒動
兩個意思都是同一個畫面，差別只在那一步是「離開」還是「出發」。
verb · C2
To stay on in a place when it is time to go, instead of leaving or moving on. It suggests you are in no hurry, and often that someone or something is waiting for you.
逗留；磨蹭不走
這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 逗留；磨蹭不走 · 沾了柏油的；像柏油的
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tarry
v唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/ˈtæri/
核心畫面
A person who has not moved yet. The time to go has come, or the road is waiting, and their feet are still where they were. Tarry lives in that gap between when you should have gone and when you actually go. Sometimes the person cannot pull themselves away, sometimes they are simply slow, sometimes they are waiting for something to happen first. In all of them, someone or something else is left waiting.
可以想成：該走的時刻已經到了，腳卻還沒動。tarry 抓的就是中間那一段空檔——你本來就該離開、該出發了，人卻還在原…更多收起
可以想成：該走的時刻已經到了，腳卻還沒動。tarry 抓的就是中間那一段空檔——你本來就該離開、該出發了，人卻還在原地。原因可以很多：捨不得走、動作慢、或在等什麼事情發生。不管哪一種，通常都有人或有事在那頭等著。所以這個字常常帶著一點「你讓別人等了」的味道，也讓它聽起來比 stay 更有畫面。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces this verb to Middle English tarien and Old English tirian, tirġan, meaning to worry, vex or provoke. One way to see the link to the modern word: a person who will not move on is exactly what wears at the patience of whoever is waiting. This is offered as a way of remembering it, not as a claim that today's tarry still carries the idea of provoking.
本批資料的 Wiktionary 詞源欄把這個動詞追到中古英語 tarien、古英語 tirian／tirġan（惹、纏、使人心煩）。可以這樣看這條線索：遲遲不走的人，磨的就是等他的人的耐性。這是一個幫助記憶的看法，不是說今天的 tarry 還帶著「惹人」的意思。
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One branch
A second word, same spelling
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tarry
a唸法不同同樣的拼法，這個字的唸法跟另一個不一樣。/ˈtɑːri/
核心畫面
Tar: thick, black, sticky stuff, the kind spread on a road or brushed onto a boat. Tarry is simply that stuff turned into a description. Something has it on it, or something is enough like it — as black, as sticky, as strong-smelling — that tar is the word you reach for. This is a separate word from the verb tarry, built straight on the noun tar, and it is usually said with a different vowel.
可以想成：柏油那種又黑又黏、氣味很嗆的東西。tarry 就是把這個東西變成一個形容詞。有時候是真的沾上了，例如鞋底、…更多收起
可以想成：柏油那種又黑又黏、氣味很嗆的東西。tarry 就是把這個東西變成一個形容詞。有時候是真的沾上了，例如鞋底、木板；有時候只是「像它」，例如一股味道、一種濃黑的顏色。要記得它跟「逗留」的動詞 tarry 不是同一個字，只是拼法剛好一樣；這個形容詞是直接從名詞 tar 長出來的，母音通常也唸得不一樣。From the word’s history
Wiktionary records this adjective as Middle English terrie, equivalent to tar + -y. The -y is the same ending as in oily, dusty and sticky: it turns a substance into a description of something that has it or is like it.
本批資料的詞源欄記錄這個形容詞來自中古英語 terrie，等於 tar + -y。這個 -y 跟 oily、dusty、sticky 的 -y 是同一個：把一種物質變成「沾了它的」「像它的」形容詞。
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