tardy

英['tɑːdɪ] 美['tɑrdi]

比较级: tardier;最高级: tardiest;副词: tardily;名词: tardiness;

1. 谐音“遢地、拖地”----拖遢地。

tardy 缓慢的，迟缓的

来自拉丁语 tardus,缓慢的，词源同 retard.

tardy: tardy: see bustard
tardy (adj.): 1520s, "slow," from Old French tardif "slow, late" (12c.), also the name of the snail character in the Roman de Renart, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus "slow, sluggish; late; dull, stupid," of unknown origin. Meaning "late" in English is from 1660s.
This word, not much used in English prose, is constantly employed in the U.S. and in Canada with reference to lateness in school-attendance. [Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]
Related: Tardily; tardiness. Earlier form of the word in English was tardif, tardyve (late 15c.). Tardity "slowness of movement or action" is recorded in English from early 15c., from Old French tardete, from Latin tarditas.

1. The agency was heavily criticised for its tardy response to the hurricane.: 该机构因对飓风反应迟缓，受到严厉批评。

2. I was as tardy as ever for the afternoon appointments.: 和以往一样，下午的约见我又迟到了。

3. The law is often tardy in reacting to changing attitudes.: 法律对变化中的观念常常反应迟缓。