英语词汇“jerk”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	jerk
释义	jerk I. \ˈjərk, -ə̄k, -əik\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: probably alter of yerk *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : to strike with or as if with a whip 2. : to give a quick and suddenly arrested thrust, push, pull, or twist to < jerk a rope > < jerk a coat off > < jerk out a pistol > 3. : to throw with a quick motion suddenly arrested < jerk money on a table > specifically : to bowl (a cricket ball) illegally (as by bending the arm) 4. : to utter in an abrupt, snappy, or sharply broken manner < jerk out words > 5. : to prepare and dispense (sodas) *intransitive verb* 1. : to make a sudden spasmodic motion or series of such motions : move with a start or starts < fish jerking and tumbling on the deck of a boat > 2. : to move in short abrupt motions < a cripple jerking along a street > : move along with frequent jolts < a train jerking past a station > 3. : to throw an object with a jerk; specifically : to jerk the ball in bowling in the game of cricket 4. obsolete : sneer Synonyms: snap, twitch, yank: jerk indicates sudden, sharp, quick, graceless, forceful movement begun or ended abruptly < thought the train would never start, but at last the whistle blew and the carriages jerked forward — G.G.Carter > < jerked her head back as if she'd been struck in her face — Dorothy Baker > snap may apply to a quite quick action abruptly terminated, as biting or trying to bite sharply or seizing, clutching, snatching, locking, or breaking suddenly < the hounds were fine beasts … land and swift as they bent over the food to snap it into their jaws and swallow it quickly — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < the syndicate snapping up land as soon as it is for sale > < snapped at her because Theophilus did not eat enough — Margaret Deland > twitch may indicate quick, sometimes spasmodic, and often light action combining tugging and jerking < shrunken body continued to jerk and quiver, fingers twitching at his gray beard — Gerald Beaumont > < one Pan ready to twitch the nymph's last garment off — Robert Browning > < put out his hand to twitch off a twig as he passed — Willa Cather > yank indicates quick and heavy tugging and pulling < watches her two-year-old stand passive while another child yanks his toy out of his hand — Margaret Mead > < she yanked the corset strings viciously — D.B.Chidsey > < by means of long blocks and tackle they set to yanking out logs — S.E.White > II. noun (-s) Usage: often attributive 1. obsolete : a stroke especially of a whip : lash 2. : a single quick motion usually of short duration and length (as a suddenly arrested pull, thrust, push, or jolt) < get up with a jerk > 3. a. : jolting, bouncing, or thrusting motions < a rustic dance full of jerk and rhythm > b. : tendency to produce spasmodic motions < a car with little jerk and noise > 4. a. : an involuntary spasmodic muscular movement due to reflex action; especially : one induced by an external stimulus — see knee jerk b. jerks plural (1) : chorea (2) : involuntary twitchings due to nervous excitement (as in the dancing mania and sometimes in religious revivals) 5. [probably from jerk “masturbator”, from jerk (off)] : a stupid, foolish, naïve, or unconventional person < these jerks … who didn't know anything outside their rank and serial number — J.G.Cozzens > < soapbox orators who … vary from philosophers to out-and-out jerks — Richard Joseph > 6. : the pushing of a weight from shoulder height to a position overhead : the second phase of the clean and jerk in weight lifting III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: back-formation from jerky (III) : to cut into long slices or strips and dry in the sun < jerk beef > — see charqui
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