資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tarry \Tar"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tarried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tarrying}.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see {Tarre}); but with
   a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen
   to delay, OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare, fr. L.
   tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr. tardus slow. Cf.
   {Tardy}.]
   1. To stay or remain behind; to wait.

            Tarry ye for us, until we come again. --Ex. xxiv.
                                                  14.

   2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.

            Come down unto me, tarry not.         --Gen. xic. 9.

            One tarried here, there hurried one.  --Emerson.

   3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.

            Tarry all night, and wash your feet.  --Gen. xix. 2.

   Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.