c. 1200, "bold, daring, fearless," also "presumptuous, audacious," from Old French hardi "bold, brave, courageous; confident, presumptuous," from past participle of hardir "to harden, be or make bold," from Frankish *hardjan "to make hard" (cognates: Old Frisian herda, Old High German herten, Old Norse herea, Gothic gahardjan "make hard"), from Proto-Germanic *hardu- (see hard (adj.)). Sense influenced by English hard. Of plants, "able to survive in the open year-round," 1660s. Related: Hardily; hardiness. Hardhede "physical hardiness" is attested from early 15c.
雙語例句
1. The silver-leaved varieties of cyclamen are not quite as hardy.
銀葉仙客來品種不太耐寒。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Colonel Hardy would like to see every tank with a computerized aid.
哈迪上校希望看到每輛坦克都配有電腦化輔助裝置。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Hardy has often been criticised for an excessively pessimistic view of life.
哈代由于對生活持過度悲觀的態度而常常受到批評。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances.