jag
n. 缺口, 突出端, 小伙子 vt. 使成缺口, 使成锯齿状 vi. 刺, 戳
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释义与例句
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1.
A sharp projection.
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2.
A part broken off; a fragment.
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3.
A flap, a tear in a clothing
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4.
A cleft or division.
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5.
A medical injection, a jab.
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6.
A thorn from a bush (see jaggerbush).
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Ellipsis of jagoff (“an irritating, inept, or repugnant person”).
贬义 方言 -
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Enough liquor to make a person noticeably drunk; a skinful.
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2.
A binge or period of overindulgence; a spree.
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3.
A fit, spell, outburst.
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4.
A one-horse cart load, or, in modern times, a truck load, of hay or wood.
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5.
A leather bag or wallet; (in the plural) saddlebags.
苏格兰 古体
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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.
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2.
To pierce with a sharp object.
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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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