weary: [OE] Weary is descended from a West Germanic *wōriga, whose other offspring have all died out. It was formed from the base *wōr-, which also produced Old English wōrian ‘wander, totter’ and Old Norse ?rr ‘mad’, but its ultimate ancestry is uncertain.
weary (adj.)
Old English werig "tired, exhausted; miserable, sad," related to worian "to wander, totter," from Proto-Germanic *worigaz (cognates: Old Saxon worig "weary," Old High German wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin.
weary (v.)
Old English wergian "to be or become tired" (intransitive), gewergian "to exhaust, to make tired" (transitive), from the source of weary (adj.). Related: Wearied; wearying.
雙語例句
1. The weary walkers soothed their aching feet in the sea.
走累了的人們把腳伸進(jìn)海水中浸泡以緩解疼痛。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She was weary of being alone.
她厭倦了獨(dú)處。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They're getting awfully weary of this silly war.