jag

FREQ #13649

n. 缺口, 突出端, 小伙子 vt. 使成缺口, 使成锯齿状 vi. 刺, 戳

发音

其它 /d͡ʒæɡ/

词形变化

jags 复数 jagged jagging jags 三单 jags jagging 现在分词 jagged 过去式 jagged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sharp projection.

  2. 2.

    A part broken off; a fragment.

  3. 3.

    A flap, a tear in a clothing

  4. 4.

    A cleft or division.

    生物 植物学
  5. 5.

    A medical injection, a jab.

    苏格兰
  6. 6.

    A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).

    方言
  7. 7.

    Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).

    贬义 方言
  8. 1.

    Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.

  9. 2.

    A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.

  10. 3.

    A fit, spell, outburst.

  11. 4.

    A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.

  12. 5.

    A leather bag or wallet; (in the plural) saddlebags.

    苏格兰 古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To cut unevenly.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London On the Friday […] we had been playing tennis and in some way Geoffrey jagged a finger nail so that it kept catching in his things whenever he touched it.

  2. 2.

    To pierce with a sharp object.

    苏格兰
  3. 3.

    To tease.

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词源

The noun is from late Middle English jagge, from Old English giagga, giacga. The ultimate origin could be sound-symbolic of sudden movement, compare with jam, rag and Middle English dag, of which jag may be a palatalised variant. The verb is from jaggen, from Old English giacgian.

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