Jerk

[dʒɜːk] or [dʒɝk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an abrupt spasmodic movement.

(noun.) raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms.

(noun.) a dull stupid fatuous person.

(noun.) (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration.

(verb.) throw or toss with a quick motion; 'flick a piece of paper across the table'; 'jerk his head'.

(verb.) move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; 'The patient's legs were jerkings'.

編輯:卡罗尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun; as, jerk beef. See Charqui.

(v. t.) To beat; to strike.

(v. t.) To give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist, to; to yerk; as, to jerk one with the elbow; to jerk a coat off.

(v. t.) To throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand; as, to jerk a stone.

(v. i.) To make a sudden motion; to move with a start, or by starts.

(v. i.) To flout with contempt.

(n.) A short, sudden pull, thrust, push, twitch, jolt, shake, or similar motion.

(n.) A sudden start or spring.

手打:珀西瓦尔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Yerk, twitch, pull suddenly.[2]. Throw suddenly.

n. [1]. Twitch, sudden pull.[2]. Sudden throw.

休整理

解釋/意思:

n. meat cut into thin pieces and dried in the sun.—Also Jerk′y.

v.t. to search as a vessel for concealed or smuggled goods—also Jerque.—ns. Jerk′er Jerqu′er; Jerqu′ing.

v.t. to throw with a quick effort: to give a sudden movement.—n. a short sudden movement: a striking against with a sudden motion: an involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle.—ns. Jerk′er; Jerk′iness.—adj. Jerk′y moving or coming by jerks or starts spasmodic; capricious impatient.

手打:特伦斯