jack

jack1
noun
  1. a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected
    起重器，千斤顶
  2. a playing card bearing a representation of a soldier, page, or knave, normally ranking next below a queen
    纸牌中的 “J”牌
  3. (亦作 jack socket)a socket with two or more pairs of terminals designed to receive a jack plug
    插座，插孔
  4. a small white ball in bowls, at which the players aim
    （保龄球中作靶子的）小白球
  5. (亦作 jackstone)a small round pebble or star-shaped piece of metal or plastic used in tossing and catching games
    （抛接子游戏中用的）圆形的小鹅卵石（或星状的铁片或塑料片）
    ■(jacks)a game played by tossing and catching such pebbles or pieces of metal.
    抛接子游戏
  6. (Jack)used to typify an ordinary man
    普通人，男人
    he had that world-weary look of the working Jack who'd seen everything.
    他带着历尽沧桑的劳动者厌世的神情。
    ■(informal, chiefly US)used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known.
    (非正式，主美)[用作对陌生人的一种称呼]老兄
    ■(N. Amer. informal)a lumberjack.
    (北美，非正式)伐木工人
    ■(informal)a detective or police officer.
    (非正式)侦探；警察
    ■(archaic)a steeplejack.
    (古)高空作业工人
    ■the figure of a man striking the bell on a clock.
    （时钟上）敲钟的人像
  7. a small version of a national flag flown at the bow of a vessel in harbour to indicate its nationality
    船首旗（港口内船只上飘在船首的用于表示国籍的小旗）
  8. [mass noun](US informal)money
    (美，非正式)钱
  9. a device for turning a spit
    烤肉炙叉旋转器
  10. a part of the mechanism in a spinet or harpsichord that connects a key to its corresponding string and causes the string to be plucked when the key is pressed down
    琴键拨子
  11. a marine fish that is typically laterally compressed with a row of large spiky scales along each side. Jacks are important in many places as food or game fish
    鲹（一种海鱼，鱼身两侧扁平，各有一排尖而长的鳞片，是许多国家常见的食用观赏鱼）。 亦称 pompano, scad.
  12. Family Carangidae (the jack family): many genera and numerous species. The jack family also includes the horse mackerel, pilotfish, kingfishes, and trevallies.
    鲹科: 多属，众多种。鲹科鱼类还包括竹荚鱼、舟鰤、鲛鱼和鲹鱼
  13. the male of various animals, especially a merlin or (US) an ass
    雄性动物（尤指公灰背隼或 〈美〉公驴）
  14. used in names of animals that are smaller than similar kinds, e.g. jack snipe
    [用在比同类动物矮小的动物名称里，如 jack snipe]
  15. (US informal). short for jackshit.
    (美，非正式)。 jackshit 的简称.
习惯用语
before one can say Jack Robinson
  1. (informal)very quickly or suddenly
    (非正式)说时迟那时快，突然间，一刹那
every man jack
  1. (informal)each and every person (used for emphasis)
    (非正式)人人，每个人 [用于强 调]
    they're spies, every man jack of them.
    他们是间谍，每个人都是。
I'm all right, Jack
  1. (informal)used to express selfish complacency
    (非正式)（表示只求自己没事的自得心理）老兄，我没事
jack of all trades (and master of none)
  1. a person who can do many different types of work but who is not necessarily very competent at any of them
    杂而不精的人，三脚猫；万能博士，万金油
on one's jack (或 Jack Jones)
  1. (Brit. rhyming slang)on one's own
    (英，谐俚)独自，自个儿
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Jack, pet form of the given name John. The term was used originally to denote an ordinary man (sense 6), also a youth (mid 16th cent.), hence the 'knave' in cards and 'male animal'. The word also denoted various devices saving human labour, as though one had a helper (senses 1, 3, 9, and 10 , and in compounds such as jackhammer and jackknife); the general sense 'labourer' arose in the early 18th cent. and survives in cheapjack, lumberjack, steeplejack, etc. Since the mid 16th cent. a notion of 'smallness' has arisen, hence senses 4, 5, 7, and 13 .
继承用法
jack someone around
  1. (N. Amer. informal)cause someone inconvenience or problems, especially by acting unfairly or indecisively
    (北美，非正式)（尤指不公正或优柔寡断的行为）造成（某人）的不便，给（某人）带来麻烦
jack in (或 into)
  1. (informal)log into or connect up (a computer or electronic device)
    (非正式)进入或联接（电脑系统或电子装置）
jack something in
  1. (Brit. informal)give up or leave off from doing something, especially a job
    (英，非正式)放弃（或停止）做某事（尤指工作）
jack off
  1. (vulgar slang)masturbate
    (粗俚)手淫
jack up
  1. (informal)inject oneself with a narcotic drug
    (非正式)给自己注射麻醉毒品
  2. (Austral.)give up or refuse to participate in something
    (澳)放弃；拒绝参与
jack something up
  1. raise something, especially a vehicle, with a jack
    （用千斤顶）举起，抬起某物（尤指车辆）
    ■(informal)increase something by a considerable amount.
    (非正式)提高，增加
    France jacked up its key bank interest rate.
    法国提高了主要的银行利率。
  2. (NZ informal)arrange or organize something
    (新西兰，非正式)安排，组织
jack2
noun
(historical)(史)
  1. another term for blackjack (in sense 5).
    同 blackjack （义项5）.
  2. a sleeveless padded tunic worn by foot soldiers
    （步兵穿的）无袖束腰棉外衣
jack3
adjective
  1. [predic.](Austral./NZ)tired of or bored with someone or something
    (澳/新西兰)厌倦，厌烦
    people are getting jack of strikes.
    人们逐渐开始厌烦罢工。
语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from jack up 'give up'.
jack4
verb
  1. [with obj.](N. Amer. informal)take (something) illicitly; steal
    (北美，非正式)非法获取；偷窃
    what's wrong is to jack somebody's lyrics and not acknowledge the fact.
    错就错在剽窃了别人的歌词还不肯承认事实。
    ■rob (someone).
    抢劫
语源
  1. 1990s: from hijack.
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