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 örr ‘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.
实用例句
1. The weary walkers soothed their aching feet in the sea.
走累了的人们把脚伸进海水中浸泡以缓解疼痛。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She was weary of being alone.
她厌倦了独处。
来自柯林斯例句
3. They're getting awfully weary of this silly war.
