1.LATEto stay in a place, especially when you should leave 〔尤指应离开时〕逗留,停留;徘徊SYN linger
2.DELAYto delay or be slow in going somewhere 耽搁,拖延
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tarry• The boys were older now; she could tarry a bit, and not get home until four.• We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe perform doughty deeds with caber and shot on a pleasant summers day.• As Snelders tarried in his six-yard box, Connolly stabbed the ball wide.• Why does the clatter of his war-wagons tarry so?• We tarried, though; looking up at the kirk bell.
tar·ry2 /ˈtɑːri/adjectiveadj
CScovered with tar (=a thick black liquid) 涂了柏油的,以柏油覆盖的
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tarry• Lightning in the distance straight ahead sent reflections shooting all the way up the tarry wheel tracks on the pavement.