1.LATEto stay in a place, especially when you should leave 〔尤指应离开时〕逗留,停留;徘徊SYN linger
2.DELAYto delay or be slow in going somewhere 耽搁,拖延
Examples from the Corpus
tarry• The boys were older now; she could tarry a bit, and not get home until four.• We tarried awhile to watch Messrs Anderson and Rowe performdoughtydeeds with caber and shot on a pleasantsummers day.• As Snelders tarried in his six-yard box, Connolly stabbed the ballwide.• Why does the clatter of his war-wagons tarry so?• We tarried, though; looking up at the kirkbell.