資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Harry \Har"ry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harried}( ?); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Harrying}.] [OF. harwen, herien, her[yogh]ien, AS.
hergian to act as an army, to ravage, plunder, fr. here army;
akin to G. here army; akin to G. heer, Icel. herr, Goth.
harjis, and Lith. karas war. Gf. {Harbor}, {Herald},
{Heriot}.]
1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several
times and harried the land.
To harry this beautiful region. --W. Irving.
A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood
thrush. --J.
Burroughs.
2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. --Shak.
Syn: To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease;
worry; annoy; harass.
資料來源 : WordNet®
harried
See {harry}
harried
adj : troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
"harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression";
"her poor pestered father had to endure her constant
interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly
teenager" [syn: {annoyed}, {harassed}, {pestered}, {vexed}]
harry
v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his
female co-workers" [syn: {harass}, {hassle}, {chivy}, {chivvy},
{chevy}, {chevvy}, {beset}, {plague}, {molest}, {provoke}]
2: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in
wartimes [syn: {ravage}]
[also: {harried}]