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jerk n./v.突然猛拉 jerk (v.1) "to pull," 1540s, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jerked; jerking.jerk (v.2) as a method of preserving meat, 1707, American English, from American Spanish carquear, from charqui (see jerky). Related: Jerked.jerk (n.2) "tedious and ineffectual person," 1935 (the lyric in "Big Rock Candy Mountain" apparently is "Where they hung the Turk [not jerk] that invented work"), American English carnival slang, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from jerkwater town (1878), where a steam locomotive crew had to take on boiler water from a trough or a creek because there was no water tank [Barnhart, OED]. This led 1890s to an adjectival use of jerk as "inferior, insignificant." Alternatively, or influenced by, verbal phrase jerk off "masturbate" [Rawson].jerk (n.1) 1550s, "stroke of a whip," from jerk (v.1). Sense of "sudden sharp pull or twist" first recorded 1570s. Meaning "involuntary spasmodic movement of limbs or features" first recorded 1805. As the name of a popular dance, it is attested from 1966. Sense in soda jerk attested from 1883, from the pulling motion required to work the taps. 【记】音：摘颗，摘颗苹果要猛拉动作象痉挛一样，不停地抽动，一动一动的【相关】还有一意，美俚，愚笨的人

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[dʒə:k] 【英】 n./v. 猛拉(to pull with a sudden, sharp movement)【例】 give a firm jerk on the rope(使劲猛拉绳子) v. /n. (突然的意外动作)猛拉, 扭曲【记】读: 这颗(鲜花), 把它猛拉下来.

单词	jerk
音标	[dʒə:k]
解释	n./v.突然猛拉
红宝书	【英】 n./v. 猛拉(to pull with a sudden, sharp movement) 【例】 give a firm jerk on the rope(使劲猛拉绳子)
字源	jerk (v.1) "to pull," 1540s, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jerked; jerking. jerk (v.2) as a method of preserving meat, 1707, American English, from American Spanish carquear, from charqui (see jerky). Related: Jerked. jerk (n.2) "tedious and ineffectual person," 1935 (the lyric in "Big Rock Candy Mountain" apparently is "Where they hung the Turk [not jerk] that invented work"), American English carnival slang, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from jerkwater town (1878), where a steam locomotive crew had to take on boiler water from a trough or a creek because there was no water tank [Barnhart, OED]. This led 1890s to an adjectival use of jerk as "inferior, insignificant." Alternatively, or influenced by, verbal phrase jerk off "masturbate" [Rawson]. jerk (n.1) 1550s, "stroke of a whip," from jerk (v.1). Sense of "sudden sharp pull or twist" first recorded 1570s. Meaning "involuntary spasmodic movement of limbs or features" first recorded 1805. As the name of a popular dance, it is attested from 1966. Sense in soda jerk attested from 1883, from the pulling motion required to work the taps.
不择手段背单词	v. /n. (突然的意外动作)猛拉, 扭曲【记】读: 这颗(鲜花), 把它猛拉下来.
趣味全助记	【记】音：摘颗，摘颗苹果要猛拉动作象痉挛一样，不停地抽动，一动一动的【相关】还有一意，美俚，愚笨的人

Jerk American Pull Sharp Whip Uncertain Related Water