late 14c., mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin, from Old Norse tj?rn "small mountain lake without visible tributaries," from Proto-Germanic *terno, perhaps originally "water hole" [Barnhart]. A dialectal word popularized by the Lake poets.
雙語例句
1. The deep and dark tarn at my feet closed over the fragments of the House of Usher.
我腳下深邃陰沉的小湖將厄謝爾古屋的斷垣殘墻吞沒了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. This pool or tarn was encircled by tree!
這個池塘,或是說山潭吧,四周全被樹木圍了起來.
來自辭典例句
3. The goods are to be tarn ( s ) shipped at Honk.