Hijack Control Hijacked ˈhaɪdʒæk Plane ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ Noun Vehicle
The word "hijack" means to illegally take control of a vehicle, like a plane or ship, using force or threats. It can also mean to unfairly seize control of something, such as a meeting, to advance one's own interests.
Word: hijack
Description:
Collins:
1. to hijack a plane or other vehicle is to illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another.
2. If you say that someone has hijacked something, you disapprove of the way in which they have taken control of it when they had no right to do so.
Oxford:
1. to use violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to force it to travel to a different place or to demand sth from a government.
2. to use or take control of sth, especially a meeting, in order to advertise your own aims and interests.
LDC:
1. to use violence or threats to take control of a plane, vehicle, or ship.
2. to take control of something and use it for your own purposes.
Summary:
"Hijack" means to illegally seize control of a vehicle by force or to unfairly take control of something for one's own purposes.
[VERB 动词]劫持（飞机或其他交通工具） If someone hijacks a plane or other vehicle, they illegally take control of it by force while it is travelling from one place to another.
[V n]
[V-ed]
Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk...
两名男子试图劫持一架从里加飞往摩尔曼斯克的飞机。
A Korean airliner was hijacked by two passengers and forced to fly to Tashkent...
一架韩国的大型客机被两名乘客劫持，被迫飞往塔什干。
The hijacked plane exploded in a ball of fire.
被劫持的飞机爆炸，变成了一团火球。
Hijack is also a noun.
Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.
被劫持过程中，每一分钟都过得如同一周那么漫长。
hijacking
Car hijackings are running at a rate of nearly 50 a day.
劫车事件的发生率高达每天近50起。
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[VERB 动词]强行控制；操纵 If you say that someone has hijacked something, you disapprove of the way in which they have taken control of it when they had no right to do so.
[V n]
[disapproval]
A peaceful demonstration had been hijacked by anarchists intent on causing trouble.
和平示威已遭到蓄意制造事端的无政府主义者的操控。
Oxford
hi·jack/ˈhaɪdʒæk; NAmEˈhaɪdʒæk/verb1hijacksth to use violence or threats to take control of a vehicle, especially a plane, in order to force it to travel to a different place or to demand sth from a government 劫持（交通工具，尤指飞机）◆The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome.飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。☞collocationsat
crime
2hijacksth ( disapproving) to use or take control of sth, especially a meeting, in order to advertise your own aims and interests 操纵（会议等，以推销自己的意图）▶hi·jack·ing/ˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ; NAmEˈhaɪdʒækɪŋ/(alsohi·jack)noun[countable , uncountable ]◆There have been a series of hijackings recently in the area.这个地区最近发生了一连串劫持事件。◆an unsuccessful hijack劫持未遂☞compare
1to use violence or threats to take control of a plane, vehicle, or ship → carjack: The airliner was hijacked by a group of terrorists.2to take control of something and use it for your own purposes: Some people think the party has been hijacked by right-wing extremists.—hijacker noun [countable]
hijack1 verb
hijack2 noun
hijackhijack2 noun [countable]
word sets
British English when a plane, vehicle etc is hijacked
WDF
hijack
[ˈhaɪdʒæk]hijacked, hijacking, hijacks
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Spoken:
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hijacked[1950] hijacking[994]
劫持(85%)，劫机(15%)
n.劫持；威逼；敲诈
vt.抢劫；揩油
vi.拦路抢劫
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