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单词 harry
释义 har·ry
I. \ˈharē, -ri also ˈher-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English harien, herien, from Old English hergian; akin to Old High German heriōn to lay waste, Old Norse herja; denominative from the noun represented by Old English here army, Old High German heri, Old Norse herr army, Gothic harjis host; akin to Greek koiranos commander, Old Persian kāra army
intransitive verb
: to attack and loot : raid
 < had harried widely and laid siege to Paris — Charlton Laird >
transitive verb
1.
 a. : assault, devastate, ravage
  < ordered his troops to harry the town >
  < shabby trees harried by fire — G.R.Stewart >
 b. chiefly Scotland : to engage in robbing or plundering
  < shame lassie for harrying birds' nests — J.M.Barrie >
2.
 a. : attack
  < harry a person >
  < the cat reached out a big fat paw and harried the boy — Erskine Caldwell >
 b. : to force (a person) to move along
  < saga of migratory laborers harried across the continent — J.D.Hart >
3. now dialect Britain : to drag off as plunder — usually used with off or out
 < the devil came and harried off his soul — Emily Brontë >
4.
 a. : to keep under constant attack or threat of attack : harass
  < harried by guerrillas and occasionally invaded by organized forces — T.M.Spaulding >
 b. : to goad by constant demands or annoyances : torment
  < three renegade boys who came to harry a couple of farm women — James Kelly >
  < harries the doctor by telephone — Mary B. Spahr >
Synonyms: see worry
II. noun
(-es)
1. : harrying action
 < teased and broken by the harry of the following gale — J.D.Beresford >
2. : vexation
 < cut off from the hurries and harries of the daily world — Roger Angell >
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