释义 |
jogger|ˈdʒɒgə(r)| [f. jog v. + -er1.] One who or that which jogs (see the verb); a person who pushes or nudges, or who moves slowly and heavily; one who jogs at a gentle pace for physical exercise; an instrument or appliance for giving a jog or slight push to some part of mechanism.
a1700Dryden (J.), They with their fellow joggers of the plough. 1884R. Jefferies in Pall Mall G. 8 Aug. 4/2 A hand was placed on my elbow... The fair jogger beamed yet more sweetly..and went on among the crowd. 1888Sci. Amer. 2 June 340/3 A receiving-table for cylinder printing presses, designed to facilitate the accurate piling of the sheets without the use of the ordinary form of jogger. 1895N.B. Daily Mail 11 Mar. 4 Members who represent a ‘happy medium’ between the old ‘joggers’ and the new ‘jumpers’. 1968Times 24 May (N.Z. Suppl.) p. viii/5 The caption refers to the runner as ‘a jogger out for his morning run’. In New Zealand the noun jogger is an acceptable..word because so many people..run for fitness. 1968Chicago Tribune 9 July i. 12/1 Joggers have become an almost familiar sight thruout America in the last year. 1969Age (Melbourne) 24 May 17/4 Ken Myer is a well-known jogger around the Toorak area. |