| 单词 | juke |
| 释义 | juke (once / 8894 pages) 1n 2n Use the word juke when you talk about a little roadside bar where you can dance to jukebox music or a live band. Another word for a juke is a "roadhouse." If you visit a rowdy rural bar with dancing and beer, you can call it a juke. Many country and blues bands got their start playing at jukes in the south, although some jukes offer jukeboxes as their only music. You can also call it a "juke joint." The word juke comes from the Southern United States Creole known as Gullah — in which juke or joog means "wicked" or "disorderly." WORD FAMILYjuke: jukes USAGE EXAMPLESMr Jukes said the club operated on a "shoestring" budget. BBC(Dec 20, 2016) That dream intensified in the first quarter when Prosise made two jukes, broke into the clear and sprinted 72 yards for a touchdown. Seattle Times(Nov 20, 2016) The scale bar represents the corrected Jukes–Cantor distance of 0.08 substitutions per site. Nature(Oct 18, 2016) 1 n a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox 2Syn|Hyper jook, jook house, jook joint, juke house, juke joint joint a disreputable place of entertainment n (football) a deceptive move made by a football player Syn|Hyper fake feint any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) |
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