| 单词 | jack-up |
| 释义 | jack-up[ jak-uhp ] / ˈdʒækˌʌp / noun Informal.an increase or rise: a recent jack-up in prices. Origin of jack-up1900–05, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase jack up Words nearby jack-upJack-the-lad, Jack-the-rags, Jack the Ripper, jack towel, jack truss, jack-up, jack-up rig, jacky, jackyard, Jacky Howe, jacky tar Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for jack-upjack up verb (adverb)(tr) to increase (prices, salaries, etc) (tr) to raise an object, such as a car, with or as with a jack (intr) slang to inject oneself with a drug, usually heroin (intr) Australian informal to refuse to comply; rebel, esp collectively NZ informal to initiate, organize, or procure noun jack-upNZ something that has been contrived or achieved by dishonest means Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with jack-upjack up Raise or increase, as in The cartel is jacking up oil prices again. This term alludes to the literal meaning of jack up, that is, “hoist with a jack.” [Colloquial; c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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