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Hijack 12704.Hijack 英 Haɪdʒæk]美 Haɪdʒæk 释义 Vt 抢劫;揩油vi

正面 12704.hijack
英 ['haɪdʒæk]美 ['haɪdʒæk]

背面
释义:
vt. 抢劫;揩油vi. 拦路抢劫n. 劫持;威逼;敲诈
例句:
1. 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。

1、over- "above normal" + time.
hijack 抢劫,劫机hi-,缩写自highway,公路,干道,-jack,词义不确定,可能来自人名Jack,代指土匪无赖,后词义通用化。
hijack (v.)1922, American English, perhaps from high(way) + jacker "one who holds up." Originally "to rob (a bootlegger, smuggler, etc.) in transit;" sense of "seizing an aircraft in flight" is 1968 (also in 1961 variant skyjack), extended 1970s to any form of public transportation. Related: Hijacked; hijacking."

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