| 单词 | jimmy |
| 释义 | jimmy (once / 287 pages) vn To jimmy something is to force it open. If you lock yourself out, you can jimmy a window and climb inside your house. Or you could just use that key that's hidden under a rock by the door. A thief might jimmy a car door to steal its stereo, and if you accidentally paint your kitchen window shut, you may have to jimmy it open. The verb jimmy comes from the noun jimmy, or "short crow bar," the kind of tool you'd use to jimmy something. In the 1800s, this type of crowbar was popular with burglars. WORD FAMILYjimmy: jimmied, jimmying, jimmys USAGE EXAMPLESJimmy Carter watched haplessly as the Soviets marched into Afghanistan and the Iranians held America hostage for 444 days. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan discussed the daily book with their national security advisers, not CIA officers. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) She won the popular vote by 2.1 percentage points, about the same as Jimmy Carter's 1976 margin over Gerald Ford. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1v to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail Syn|Hyper lever, prise, prize, pry open, open up cause to open or to become open 2n a short crowbar Syn|Hyper jemmy crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge |
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