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单词 tire
释义

tire

See also: tiré, tirë, tíre, tìre, and тире

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtaɪ̯ɚ/, [ˈtʰaɪ̯ɚ]
    • (Southern American English, Appalachia) IPA(key): /ˈtɑːɚ/
    • (Midwestern US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɪ̯ɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: tyre

Etymology 1

From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).[1]

Alternative forms

  • tyre (dialectal)

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (intransitive) To become sleepy or weary.
    • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport‎:
      As Moldova understandably tired after a night of ball chasing, Everton left-back Baines scored his first international goal as his deflected free-kick totally wrong-footed Namasco.
  2. (transitive) To make sleepy or weary.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire
  3. (intransitive) To become bored or impatient (with).
    I tire of this book.
  4. (transitive) To bore.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cause boredom
  • tiresome
Translations
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References

  1. J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "lack: deu(s)-" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 343.

Etymology 2

Believed from Middle English tire (“equipment”) aphetic form of attire; see details at tyre. See also German zieren (“to decorate”).

Alternative forms

  • (rubber covering on a wheel): tyre

Noun

tire (plural tires)

  1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The rubber covering on a wheel.
  2. (American spelling) alternative spelling of tyre: The metal rim of a wheel, especially that of a railroad locomotive.
  3. A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier.
  4. (obsolete) Accoutrements, accessories.
    • 1705, John Philips, Blenheim
      the tire of war
  5. (obsolete) Dress, clothes, attire.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
      Ne spared they to strip her naked all. / Then when they had despoild her tire and call, / Such as she was, their eyes might her behold.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970:
      , New York Review of Books 2001, p.66:
      men like apes follow the fashions in tires, gestures, actions: if the king laugh, all laugh […].
  6. A covering for the head; a headdress.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, page 144:
      And on her head she wore a tyre of gold,
Usage notes
  • Tire is one of the few words where Canadian usage prefers the US spelling over the British spelling.
Derived terms
  • pump someone's tires
  • spare tire
  • tire fire
  • tire yard
Translations
rubber covering on a wheel — see tyre

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To dress or adorn.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 2 Kings 9:30:
      [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head.
  • tiring-house
Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English tire, from Old French tirer (“to draw or pull”), akin to English tear (“to rend”).

Alternative forms

  • tyre

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tiring, simple past and past participle tired)

  1. (obsolete) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does.
    • 1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], OCLC 837166078; Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis: […], 4th edition, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent and Co. […], 1896, OCLC 19803734:
      Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, / Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone.
    • 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv], line 94–97:
      I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me.
    • 1612–1613, Nathan Field; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger, “The Honest Mans Fortune”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, Act II, scene v:
      Ye dregs of baseness, vultures amongst men, / That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits.
  2. (obsolete) To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed upon, or engaged with, anything.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
      and now doth gaſtly death
      With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart,
      And like a Harpye tires on my life.
    • 1616, George Chapman, Iliad
      Thus made she her remove, / And left wrath tyring on her son.
    • c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      Upon that were my thoughts tiring.

Noun

tire (plural tires)

  1. A tier, row, or rank.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
      In posture to displode their second tire / Of thunder.

Further reading

  • tire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • tire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

  • REIT, Teri, iter, iter., reit, rite, tier, trie

Asturian

Verb

tire

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tirar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tirar

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillicтире
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

From Russian тире (tire), ultimately from French tiret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tiˈre]
  • Hyphenation: ti‧re
  • Audio(file)

Noun

tire (definite accusative tireni, plural tirelər)

  1. dash (punctuation mark)

Declension

    Declension of tire
singularplural
nominativetire
tirelər
definite accusativetireni
tireləri
dativetireyə
tirelərə
locativetiredə
tirelərdə
ablativetiredən
tirelərdən
definite genitivetirenin
tirelərin
    Possessive forms of tire
nominative
singularplural
mənim (“my”)tiremtirelərim
sənin (“your”)tirentirelərin
onun (“his/her/its”)tiresitireləri
bizim (“our”)tiremiztirelərimiz
sizin (“your”)tireniztireləriniz
onların (“their”)tiresi or tireləritireləri
accusative
singularplural
mənim (“my”)tiremitirelərimi
sənin (“your”)tirenitirelərini
onun (“his/her/its”)tiresinitirelərini
bizim (“our”)tiremizitirelərimizi
sizin (“your”)tirenizitirelərinizi
onların (“their”)tiresini or tirelərinitirelərini
dative
singularplural
mənim (“my”)tiremətirelərimə
sənin (“your”)tirenətirelərinə
onun (“his/her/its”)tiresinətirelərinə
bizim (“our”)tiremizətirelərimizə
sizin (“your”)tirenizətirelərinizə
onların (“their”)tiresinə or tirelərinətirelərinə
locative
singularplural
mənim (“my”)tiremdətirelərimdə
sənin (“your”)tirendətirelərində
onun (“his/her/its”)tiresindətirelərində
bizim (“our”)tiremizdətirelərimizdə
sizin (“your”)tirenizdətirelərinizdə
onların (“their”)tiresində or tirelərindətirelərində
ablative
singularplural
mənim (“my”)tiremdəntirelərimdən
sənin (“your”)tirendəntirelərindən
onun (“his/her/its”)tiresindəntirelərindən
bizim (“our”)tiremizdəntirelərimizdən
sizin (“your”)tirenizdəntirelərinizdən
onların (“their”)tiresindən or tirelərindəntirelərindən
genitive
singularplural
mənim (“my”)tiremintirelərimin
sənin (“your”)tirenintirelərinin
onun (“his/her/its”)tiresinintirelərinin
bizim (“our”)tiremizintirelərimizin
sizin (“your”)tirenizintirelərinizin
onların (“their”)tiresinin or tirelərinintirelərinin

French

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiʁ/

Verb

tire

  1. inflection of tirer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

From English.

Noun

tire m (plural tires)

  1. (Canada, Louisiana) tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc)

Etymology 3

tire f (plural tires)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

  • vol à la tire
  • voleur à la tire

Further reading

  • “tire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • trie, trié

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tirer (“shoot”).

Verb

tire

  1. To shoot (hit with a bullet or arrow)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English tray.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tì.ré/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tɪ̀.ré]

Noun

tìr̃ê m (possessed form tìr̃ên)

  1. tray

Portuguese

Verb

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtəiər/

Verb

tire (third-person singular simple present tires, present participle tirin, simple past tiret, past participle tiret)

  1. to tire

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɾe/ [ˈt̪i.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -iɾe
  • Syllabification: ti‧re

Verb

tire

  1. inflection of tirar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Turkish

Etymology

From French tiret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ti.ɾe/

Noun

tire (definite accusative tireyi, plural tireler)

  1. "-" Hyphen-minus symbol, used as a hyphen, minus sign, and a dash.

Declension

Inflection
Nominativetire
Definite accusativetireyi
SingularPlural
Nominativetiretireler
Definite accusativetireyitireleri
Dativetireyetirelere
Locativetiredetirelerde
Ablativetiredentirelerden
Genitivetirenintirelerin
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