jack
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美[d??k]
- n. 千斤頂；[電] 插座；男人
- vt. 增加；提醒；抬起；用千斤頂頂起某物
- adj. 雄的
詞態變化
復數:?jacks;
助記提示
1. The word also denoted various devices saving human labour, as though one had a helper.
2. Jack Ma 馬云。
3. 泰坦尼克號中的男主角。24小時中的男主角。
4. 就像咱們的張三李四王麻子一樣，是一個通用名。
5. (紙牌中的) J
中文詞源
Jack 杰克
常見人名，來自古法語Jacques,來自拉丁語Jacobus,即圣經人物Jacob.后該人名被極大的通用化，代指各種叫不出名字的人或物，類似于中國的張三李四。
jack 千斤頂，插座，J牌來自人名Jack,代指各種叫不出名字的人或物，如千斤頂，插座等。撲克J來自人名Jack,騎士，武士。
英文詞源
- Jack
- masc. proper name, 1218, probably an anglicization of Old French Jacques (which was a diminutive of Latin Jacobus; see Jacob), but in English the name always has been associated with Johan, Jan "John," and some have argued that it is a native formation.
Alliterative coupling of Jack and Jill is from 15c. (Ienken and Iulyan). In England, applied familiarly or contemptuously to anybody (especially one of the lower classes) from late 14c. Later used especially of sailors (1650s; Jack-tar is from 1781). In U.S., as a generic name addressed to an unknown stranger, attested from 1889. - jack (n.)
- late 14c., jakke "a mechanical device," from the masc. name Jack. The proper name was used in Middle English for "any common fellow" (mid-14c.), and thereafter extended to various appliances replacing servants (1570s). Used generically of men (jack-of-all-trades, 1610s), male animals (1620s, see jackass, jackdaw, etc.), and male personifications (1520s, such as Jack Frost, 1826).
As the name of a device for pulling off boots, from 1670s. The jack in a pack of playing cards (1670s) is in German Bauer "peasant." Jack shit "nothing at all" is attested by 1968, U.S. slang. The plant jack-in-the-pulpit is attested by 1837. Jack the Ripper was active in London 1888. The jack of Union Jack is a nautical term for "small flag at the bow of a ship" (1630s). - jack (v.)
- 1860, jack up "hoist, raise," American English, from the noun (see jack (n.)). Figurative sense "increase (prices, etc.)" is 1904, American English. Related: Jacked; jacking. Jack off (v.) "to masturbate" is attested from 1916, probably from jack (n.) in the sense of "penis."
雙語例句
- 1. This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?
- 這個叫杰克·史密斯的家伙是不是還有個名字叫杰凱爾？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Jack had attended these meetings as a matter of routine for years.
- 數年來，杰克把參加這些會議當成是例行公事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Auntie Hilda and Uncle Jack couldn't fuss over them enough.
- 希爾達姨媽和杰克姨父對他們寵愛有加。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Jack took out his notes and talked for just under an hour.
- 杰克掏出他的筆記，講了將近一個小時。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. An American judge yesterday dismissed murder charges against Dr Jack Kevorkian.
- 昨天一個美國法官駁回了對杰克·凱沃爾基安醫生的謀殺指控。
來自柯林斯例句