jerky

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a. 急动的, 抽筋的, 不平稳的 n. 牛肉干

发音

UK /ˈd͡ʒɜːki/
其它
US /ˈd͡ʒɝki/

词形变化

jerkies 复数 jerkies jerkied jerkies 三单 jerkying jerkying 现在分词 jerkied 过去式 jerkied 过去分词 jerkier 比较级 jerkier jerkiest jerkiest 最高级

别名

xarque

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun.

    肉干

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky.

    及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.

    jerky flight

    jerky movement

    jerky sounds

  2. 2.

    Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).

    美国

    jerky guy

    jerky behaviour

  3. 3.

    Anxious; jumpy.

    非正式 过时

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries Marrabel found an ideal crevice for his loot: tight, hidden, accessible. […] His only desire was to recover the coin and get away. But the lady seemed set here, and Marrabel, ignorant of her intentions, made his first bad move. He claimed the chair, fully expecting to be given it at once. […] In strictly feminine terms she told him to go to the devil, and Marrabel, now beginning to feel jerky, veered off.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

jerk

上位词 1

meat

下位词 2

beef jerky biltong
形容词

同义词 9

foolish dopey choppy anserine arrhythmic dopy gooselike goosey goosy

近义相关 3

stupid sudden unsteady

相关短语

jerky up beef jerky n. 牛肉干

词源

Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.

来源：wiktionary