jar

noun

/dʒɑː(r)/

/dʒɑːr/

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[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
see also jam jar, Kilner jar™, Mason jar
Extra Examples
- 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
Topics Cooking and eatingb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
verb + jar
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
jar + verb
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
preposition
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
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[countable] a jar and what it contains一罐，一瓶（的量）
- a jar of coffee一罐咖啡
see also cookie jarTopics Cooking and eatingb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- storage
- airtight
- sealed
- …
verb + jar
- fill
- seal
- open
- …
jar + verb
- be filled with something
- be full of something
- contain something
- …
preposition
- in a/the jar
- into a/the jar
- jar of
- …
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[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。
see also bell 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？
[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。

Word Originnoun 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.

jar

verb

/dʒɑː(r)/

/dʒɑːr/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they jar	/dʒɑː(r)/ /dʒɑːr/
he / she / it jars	/dʒɑːz/ /dʒɑːrz/
past simple jarred	/dʒɑːd/ /dʒɑːrd/
past participle jarred	/dʒɑːd/ /dʒɑːrd/
-ing form jarring	/ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɑːrɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] to give or receive a sudden sharp painful knock（使）撞击，受震动而疼痛
- jar something The jolt seemed to jar every bone in her body.这震动似乎把她浑身上下每根骨头都弄疼了。
- jar (something) (on something) The spade jarred on something metal.铁锹撞在什么金属物件上发出刺耳的声音。
- He jarred his knee in training yesterday.他昨天训练时扭伤了膝盖。
[intransitive, transitive] jar (on something) | jar (something) to have an unpleasant or annoying effect（对…）产生不快的影响；使烦躁 synonym grate
- His constant moaning was beginning to jar on her nerves.他不停的呻吟使她焦躁不安起来。
- There was a jarring note of triumph in his voice.他声音里含有一种烦人的扬扬得意的口气。
- Her laugh was beginning to jar on me.她的笑声开始让我不舒服。
[intransitive] jar (with something) to be different from something in a strange or unpleasant way（与…）不协调，不和谐，相冲突 synonym clash
- Her brown shoes jarred with the rest of the outfit.她那双棕色的鞋与她的衣着不协调。
- The only jarring note was the cheap modern furniture.唯一不和谐的是廉价的现代家具。
- The dirty old building jarred with the luxury hotels.这座肮脏的旧建筑与豪华酒店格格不入。