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Jack Attested Proper English Male American Sense 12091.Jack

正面 12091.jack
英 [dʒæk]美 [dʒæk]

背面
释义:
n. 千斤顶;[电] 插座;男人vt. 增加;提醒;抬起;用千斤顶顶起某物adj. 雄的
例句:
1. This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?这个叫杰克·史密斯的家伙是不是还有个名字叫杰凯尔?

1. The word also denoted various devices saving human labour, as though one had a helper.2. Jack Ma 马云。3. 泰坦尼克号中的男主角。24小时中的男主角。4. 就像咱们的张三李四王麻子一样,是一个通用名。5. (纸牌中的) J
Jack 杰克常见人名,来自古法语Jacques,来自拉丁语Jacobus,即圣经人物Jacob.后该人名被极大的通用化,代指各种叫不出名字的人或物,类似于中国的张三李四。jack 千斤顶,插座,J牌来自人名Jack,代指各种叫不出名字的人或物,如千斤顶,插座等。扑克J来自人名Jack,骑士,武士。
Jackmasc. proper name, 1218, probably an anglicization of Old French Jacques (which was a diminutive of Latin Jacobus; see Jacob), but in English the name always has been associated with Johan, Jan "John," and some have argued that it is a native formation. Alliterative coupling of Jack and Jill is from 15c. (Ienken and Iulyan). In England, applied familiarly or contemptuously to anybody (especially one of the lower classes) from late 14c. Later used especially of sailors (1650s; Jack-tar is from 1781). In U.S., as a generic name addressed to an unknown stranger, attested from 1889.jack (n.)late 14c., jakke "a mechanical device," from the masc. name Jack. The proper name was used in Middle English for "any common fellow" (mid-14c.), and thereafter extended to various appliances replacing servants (1570s). Used generically of men (jack-of-all-trades, 1610s), male animals (1620s, see jackass, jackdaw, etc.), and male personifications (1520s, such as Jack Frost, 1826). As the name of a device for pulling off boots, from 1670s. The jack in a pack of playing cards (1670s) is in German Bauer "peasant." Jack shit "nothing at all" is attested by 1968, U.S. slang. The plant jack-in-the-pulpit is attested by 1837. Jack the Ripper was active in London 1888. The jack of Union Jack is a nautical term for "small flag at the bow of a ship" (1630s).jack (v.)1860, jack up "hoist, raise," American English, from the noun (see jack (n.)). Figurative sense "increase (prices, etc.)" is 1904, American English. Related: Jacked; jacking. Jack off (v.) "to masturbate" is attested from 1916, probably from jack (n.) in the sense of "penis.""

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