jet

jet1
noun
  1. a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening
    喷射流
    the firm unblocks your drain with high-pressure jets.
    公司用高压喷射水流疏通您的排水道。
    ■a nozzle or narrow opening for sending out such a stream
    喷嘴，喷射口
    Agnes turned up the gas jet.
    艾格尼丝转大了煤气喷嘴。
  2. an aircraft powered by one or more jet engines
    喷气式飞机
    a private jet.
    私人喷气机。
    [as modifier]a jet plane.
    喷气式飞机。
    ■a jet engine
    喷气发动机
(jetted, jetting)
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]
  1. travel by jet aircraft
    乘喷气式飞机旅行
    the newly-weds jetted off for a honeymoon in New York.
    新婚夫妇乘喷气式飞机去纽约度蜜月。
  2. spurt out in jets
    喷射；喷出
    blood jetted from his nostrils.
    血从他鼻孔中喷出。
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (as a verb meaning 'jut out'): from French jeter 'to throw', based on Latin jactare, frequentative of jacere 'to throw'
jet2
noun
  1. [mass noun]a hard black semi-precious variety of lignite, capable of being carved and highly polished
    煤玉，贝褐碳，黑色大理石
    ■a glossy black colour
    黑而发亮的，乌黑的
    [as modifier]the gloss of her jet hair.
    她乌黑秀发的光泽。
    jet black.
    乌黑。
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French jaiet, from Latin Gagates, from Greek gagatēs 'from Gagai', a town in Asia Minor
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