Jockey
['dʒɒkɪ] or ['dʒɑki]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) someone employed to ride horses in horse races.
(noun.) an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; 'he's a truck jockey'; 'a computer jockey'; 'a disc jockey'.
(verb.) ride a racehorse as a professional jockey.
(verb.) compete (for an advantage or a position).
校對:威尔默--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A professional rider of horses in races.
(n.) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
(n.) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
(v. t.) " To jostle by riding against one."
(v. t.) To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
(v. i.) To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
安琪莉可錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Horse-jockey, dealer in horses.[2]. Cheat, swindler, sharper, rogue, trickster, knave, impostor, blackleg, shark, slyboots.
v. a. Cheat, trick, deceive, gull, dupe, overreach, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, hoodwink, diddle, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon, humbug, impose upon.
編輯:兰德尔
解釋/意思:
n. a man (orig. a boy) who rides horses in a race: a horse-dealer: one who takes undue advantage in business.—v.t. to jostle by riding against: to cheat.—ns. Jock′eyism Jock′eyship the art or practice of a jockey.—Jockey Club an association for the promotion and ordering of horse-racing.
达雷尔手打
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of a jockey, omens you will appreciate a gift from an unexpected source. For a young woman to dream that she associates with a jockey, or has one for a lover, indicates she will win a husband out of her station. To see one thrown from a horse, signifies you will be called on for aid by strangers.
校對:莱斯利
娱乐性解釋/意思：
From jog, to move slowly, and key, something that makes fast. Hence, one who makes the pace fast or slow, according to instructions.
杰奎琳編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- If you keep her small enough and she's a boy, maybe he will be a jockey. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I have every hope, however, that your horse will start upon Tuesday, and I beg that you will have your jockey in readiness. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- He has served the Colonel for five years as jockey and for seven as trainer, and has always shown himself to be a zealous and honest servant. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The trainer, John Straker, is a retired jockey who rode in Colonel Ross's colors before he became too heavy for the weighing-chair. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Take care of yourself, jockey of Norfolk! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Pretty soon he'll feel bad because he can't join the Jockey Club, I guess, he thought. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- After some more wine I told the story of the jockey who found the penny. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- The horses were coming back, through the gate, wet and sweating, the jockeys quieting them and riding up to dismount under the trees. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- And then, these exchanges, they don't answer when you have 'cute jockeys to deal with. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And the way in which she jockeyed Jos, and which she described with infinite fun, carried up his delight to a pitch of quite insane enthusiasm. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
希拉里校對