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ajar [əˋdʒɑr]  adverb

原句:The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house.

1.a door that is ajar is slightly open

stationary  [ˋsteʃən͵ɛrɪ] adjective

原句:The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon.

1. not moving

Ex. She rammed into a stationary vehicle at the side of the road.

 snap [snæp]  noun

原句:I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall.

1.a short  loud noise, made especially by something breaking or closing

Ex. The lidclosed with a snap.

2. a photograph taken without the use of professional equipment

Ex. holiday snaps

3. a simple card game in which players put down cards in piles and try to be the first to shout 'snap' when there are two cards that are the sane

groan  [gron]

原句:I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall.

1.a long low sound that a person makes, especially when they are in pain or unhappy

2. complaint

Ex. They've got the usual moans and groans like everybody else.

divan  [dɪˋvæn] noun[C]

原句:The younger of the two was a stranger to me. She was extended full length at her end of the divan, completely motionless, and with her chin raised a little, as if she were balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall.

1. a bed consisting og a mattress on a solid base

2. a long comfortable seat with no back or arms for two or more people