Word · Frequency #14622
tar
/tɑːr/
verb
涂焦油；用焦油覆盖
To coat with tar.
- 1.
To coat with tar.
用焦油涂覆。
- 2.
To create a tar archive.
创建一个tar归档文件。
- 3.
To besmirch.
玷污。
- 4.
coat with tar
用焦油涂覆
创建tar归档；用tar打包；玷污；败坏（名誉）；用焦油涂覆。；创建一个tar归档文件。；玷污。
In use
The workers tarred the roof to make it waterproof.
They are tarring the wooden fence before the rainy season.
We need to tar the bottom of the boat every year.
tar the roof
tar the roads
Verb forms
base tar · third person tars · -ing tarring · past tarred · past participle tarred
Connections
Collocations
- tar and feather
- 涂焦油并粘羽毛（一种公开羞辱或私刑）
- The angry mob threatened to tar and feather the dishonest merchant.愤怒的暴民威胁要给那个不诚实的商人涂焦油并粘上羽毛。
- tar with the same brush
- 认为（某人）与另一人有同样的缺点；把…看作一路货色
- Just because one employee was lazy, don't tar everyone with the same brush.不能因为一个员工懒惰，就把所有人都看成那样。
- tar the roof
- 给屋顶涂焦油（以防水）
- They tarred the roof to stop the leaks.他们给屋顶涂了焦油以防漏雨。
- tar a directory
- 用 tar 命令打包一个目录
- You can tar a directory to create a single archive file.你可以用 tar 打包一个目录来创建单个归档文件。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tar and feather
- 涂焦油粘羽毛（旧时的一种私刑）；严惩The villagers threatened to tar and feather anyone who stole their crops.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“tar”音似“塔儿”，想象一座黑塔被工人涂满黏糊糊的焦油，画面黏在黑塔上，记住“涂焦油”这个动词义。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：road construction and maintenance、computer file archiving/backup、formal writing about reputation 该词作动词时有几种含义，语域会随语境变化：表示“涂焦油”多用于工程、建筑等场合；表示“创建tar归档”是计算机领域的常用说法；表示“玷污、败坏（名誉）”则比较正式，多见于书面语。请根据上下文判断具体意思。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词在美式英语中都以 /ɑr/ 结尾，与 tar 的发音押韵。注意拼写相似的 war /wɔr/ 和 care /kɛr/ 发音不同，不要混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.