| 单词 | knee-jerk |
| 释义 | > as lemmasknee-jerk knee-jerk n. see quots.; also attributive, and figurative, predictable, automatic, stereotyped. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > [noun] > jerking > a jerk > specifically of the body > of the leg knee-jerk1890 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > routine > of actions or persons knee-jerk1969 1890 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 5) III. i. 913 Striking the tendon below the patella gives rise to a sudden extension of the leg, known as the 'knee-jerk'. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 367 The physiological deep reflex called the ‘knee-jerk’ or ‘patellar reflex’. 1951 J. Holloway Lang. & Intell. v. 79 The knee-jerk reflex may be more or less rapid. 1963 N.Y. Times 7 Oct. 30 The place has always been full of liberals... In Washington, we call them crack-pots, knee-jerks, do-gooders. 1969 Time 30 May 22/3 ‘What you have here,’ he said, ‘is the opposite of the knee-jerk liberal—the knee-jerk conservative.’ 1970 Daily Tel. 2 June 19 In spite of knee-jerk reactions speculating on a Swiss franc revaluation, the Swiss franc never reached its ‘ceiling’ against the dollar. 1973 Washington Post 5 Apr. B. 2 There is also some tired business about ‘educating abroad’ and a knee-jerk Mafia joke because Candoli is Italian. < as lemmas |
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