jockey
英 ['d??k?]
美['d?ɑki]
- vt. 駕駛；欺騙；移動
- n. 操作工；駕駛員；賽馬的騎師
- vi. 當賽馬的騎師；耍手段圖謀；搞欺騙
CET6+GRE中低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?jockeys;第三人稱單數:?jockeys;過去式:?jockeyed;過去分詞:?jockeyed;現在分詞:?jockeying;
中文詞源
jockey 賽馬騎師，欺詐，耍花招
來自常見人名Jock昵稱，用來稱呼普通人或不認識的小伙。后用于指騎馬送信的信使，引申詞義賽馬騎師，同時，也用于指馬匹交易商，即horse-dealer,因這一職業存在許多欺騙行為，干這一行的人名聲通常都不太好，引申詞義欺詐，耍花招等。
英文詞源
- jockey (n.)
- 1520s, "boy, fellow," originally a Scottish proper name, variant of Jack. The meaning "person who rides horses in races" first attested 1660s.
- jockey (v.)
- 1708, "trick, outwit, gain advantage," from jockey (n.) perhaps from its former additional sense of "horse trader" (1680s). Meaning "to ride a horse in a race" is from 1767. Related: Jockeyed; jockeying.
雙語例句
- 1. The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.
- 騎手說他經常會用鞭子抽馬。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Alexander is a famous jockey.
- 亞歷山大是著名的職業賽馬騎師.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The jockey rushed back from America to ride at Nottingham on Monday but went unrewarded.
- 那位職業賽馬騎師周一從美國趕回諾丁漢參加比賽，但是一無所獲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The jockey was shaken up when he was thrown twice from his horse yesterday.
- 昨天賽馬騎師兩次從馬背上被摔下來，受驚了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Although favorite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.
- 雖然那位第一流的職業騎手最有希望贏得比賽的勝利, 但他的身體感到不舒服,結果未得名次.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》