late 14c., mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin, from Old Norse tjörn "small mountain lake without visible tributaries," from Proto-Germanic *terno, perhaps originally "water hole" [Barnhart]. A dialectal word popularized by the Lake poets.
双语例句
1. The deep and dark tarn at my feet closed over the fragments of the House of Usher.
我脚下深邃阴沉的小湖将厄谢尔古屋的断垣残墙吞没了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. This pool or tarn was encircled by tree!
这个池塘,或是说山潭吧,四周全被树木围了起来.
来自辞典例句
3. The goods are to be tarn ( s ) shipped at Honk.
