ajar
意味
- (戸・窓が)少し開いている,半開きの
- 少し開いて,半開きで
例文
Was the gate wide open or just ajar?
門は大きくあいていたか、それともほんの少しあいていたか。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English ajar, on char (“on [the] turn”), from on (“on”) + char (“turn, occasion”), from Old English ċierr, cyrr (“turn”), from ċierran (“to turn, convert”), equivalent to a- + char. Akin to Scots char, chare (“to turn, cause to turn”), Dutch akerre, kier (“ajar”), German kehren (“to turn”). See char.