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harry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++har·ry /ˈhæri/ verb (harried, harrying, harries) [transitive]  1. ATTACKto keep attacking an enemy 再三袭击,侵扰〔敌人〕2. ASK A QUESTIONto keep asking someone for something in a way that is upsetting or annoying 〔以问题等〕缠住,不断骚扰〔某人〕→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
harryNo longer are they helpless pawns, harried and wounded by the disease, driven helplessly out of life.All day, every day, they are harried by everyone they meet.He looks harried from having had to push his way through to reach me.Yet a devil was loose somewhere, a restless imp had slipped into her and would not be harried or prayed out.It has to harry the government to take a less relaxed view on international nuclear proliferation.
Origin harry Old English hergian
har·ry verbChineseSyllable
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harry
harry /ˈhæri/ verb (past tense and past participle harried, present participle harrying, third person singular harries) [transitive]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: hergian
1. to keep attacking an enemy
2. to keep asking someone for something in a way that is upsetting or annoying


Harry
I
Harry, Debbie /ˈdebi/
(1945–) a US POP SINGER with the group Blondie, who was successful especially in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and was considered by many people to be very sexually attractive

II
Harry, Prince
(1984–) the younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. In 2005 he was criticized for wearing a Nazi costume to a FANCY-DRESS party. For a short time in 2007–8 he served as a soldier in Afghanistan until the media found out and he had to be sent home for safety reasons. His official name is Prince Henry.


harryBrE /ˈhæri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhæri/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they harry BrE /ˈhæri/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhæri/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it harries BrE /ˈhæriz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhæriz/ 🔊past simple harried BrE /ˈhærid/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhærid/ 🔊past participle harried BrE /ˈhærid/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhærid/ 🔊 -ing form harrying BrE /ˈhæriɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhæriɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) ~ sb to annoy or upset sb by continuously asking them questions or for sth (不断)烦扰;折磨 SYN harass She has been harried by the press all week. 整个星期她都受到新闻界的不断烦扰。🔊🔊~ sb/sth to make repeated attacks on an enemy 反复进攻;不断袭击 SYN harass