jerk
n
1 sudden pull, push, start, stop, twist, lift or throw 突然的拉、 推、 開(kāi)始、 停止、 擰、 抬或扔
He gave his tooth a sharp jerk and it came out. 他猛一使勁把牙拔了下來(lái).
The bus stopped with a jerk. 公共汽車驟然停住了.
2 sudden involuntary twitch of a muscle or muscles (肌肉的) 反射
a jerk of an eyelid 眼皮的一跳.
3 (infml derog 口, 貶) foolish person 蠢人. jerk, v
1 [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
pull (sth/sb) suddenly and quickly in the specified direction 猛拉(某物[某人])
He jerked the fishing-rod out of the water. 他猛然從水中挑起魚竿.
She jerked her hand away when he tried to touch it. 他剛要摸她的手, 她一下子就把手縮了回去.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sth/sb to) move with a short sudden action or a series of short uneven actions(使某物[某人])猛然一動(dòng)或顫動(dòng)
His head keeps jerking.他直晃腦袋.
The train jerked to a halt. 火車猛然停住了.
She jerked upright in surprise. 她驚訝得跳了起來(lái).
Try not to jerk the camera when taking a photograph. 拍照時(shí)照相機(jī)不要晃.
He jerked his head towards the door. 他猛然把頭扭向大門.
3 (phr v) jerk (oneself) off ( sl 諱, 俚) (of a man) masturbate (指男子)手淫. jerk sth out utter sth in an abrupt nervous manner 緊張而斷斷續(xù)續(xù)地說(shuō)出某事
jerk out a request, an apology, etc 結(jié)結(jié)巴巴地提出請(qǐng)求、 道歉等.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[d??:k]n. 性情古怪的人, 急拉, 肌肉抽搐, 牛肉干vi. 痙攣, 急拉, 急推vt. 猛拉【醫(yī)】 反射相關(guān)詞組: in a jerk with a jerk