jerk

• n. 肌肉抽搐；性情古怪的人；蠢人；急拉
• vi. 痉挛；急拉；颠簸地行进
• vt. 猛拉
• n. (Jerk)人名；(俄)埃尔克；(匈)耶尔克

词源不详，可能来自拟声词，模仿猛拉，颠簸，嘎吱作响的声音。词义混蛋，二流子可能缩写自俚语jerk off,手淫，手淫坯子。比较wank,wanker.

1. a dull stupid fatuous person

2. an abrupt spasmodic movement

3. (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity

4. a sudden abrupt pull

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.

drag, draw, pull, haul, tug, tow, jerk

这些动词都有"拖，拉"之意。

drag： 指沿斜坡而上或水平方向缓慢地拖或拉十分沉重的人或物。作借喻时可指把人硬拉扯过来。

draw： 指将人或物朝出力者的方向拖，不涉及力的大小，含平稳意味，常作借喻用。

pull： 最普通用词，包含本组其它各词的一些意思，可指朝各个方向拉，侧重一时或突然拉动的动作。

haul： 指用力拖或拉，不涉及方向，多作航海用词。

tug： 多指一阵阵地用力拖或拉，但不一定使被拉的人或物移动。

tow： 特指用绳子或链条等拖或拉本身无动力或无法使用自身动力的东西。

jerk： 指快而突然地拉。

He jerked the phone away from her.

他猛然一下从她那儿把电话抢走。

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She jerked her head up.

她猛然抬起头来。

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The bus jerked to a halt.

那辆公共汽车猛地一颠停下了。

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He grabbed a handful of hair and jerked at it.

他抓住一把头发猛拉。

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Consumers are often jerked around by big companies.

顾客经常受大公司的捉弄。

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She sat up with a jerk .

她猛地坐了起来。

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jerk chicken

烤鸡

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Mr Griffin jerked forward in his chair...

格里芬先生坐在椅子上猛地向前一凑。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The car jerked to a halt...

车猛地停住了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The ship drifted and brought up with a light jerk.

船漂漂荡荡,然后微微一颠突然停了下来.

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But when you personalise it you become miserable and a jerk because it is not real.

但当你个人化了生活,你就成了一个悲惨的混蛋,因为这不真实.

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His body made a spasmodic jerk.

他的身体痉挛似地抽动了一下.

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The bus stopped with a violent jerk, nearly tipping the box off the seat.

公车猛地一颠停了下来, 箱子差一点从座位上滑下来.

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He lifted the fish aboard, careful not to jerk the line over his shoulder.

他把这条“鱼”提到了船板上, 小心不去拉动他肩上的钓丝.

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Ever jerk off when one of your hands is asleep?

你在睡着的时候你的一只手有没试过抽搐?

电影对白

He thinks he hot stuff. But everybody else thinks he's a jerk.

他自以为了不得, 但其他人认为他是个洒瓜.

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The queue gave another jerk forward . As they halted he turned and faced Syme again.

买饭的长龙又向前移一点,再停了下来. 他重新转过身来,脸朝着赛姆.

英汉文学

Ken : But the German athlete lifted 202.5 kilograms clean and jerk. Zhan is still trailing.

但是德国选手挺举是202.5公斤, 占旭刚还是有差距呀.

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SH : In the mornings I do squats, power snatch or clean + jerk, presses, and abs.

早上我做深蹲, 抓举或挺举, 推举, 腹肌.

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Look at that picture. A weightlifter doing a clean and jerk.

瞧那张图片, 一个举重运动员正在挺举.

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Don't jerk out your words , try to recite more smoothly.

不要断断续续地背诵字句, 要背得更流利些.

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You shouldn't jerk the camera when you press the button.

按按钮时,不要晃动相机.

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In weightlifting, participants execute two lifts, in this order: the snatch, and the and jerk.

举重包括两个单项, 按顺序为: 抓举和挺举.

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The knife was stuck on the chopping block but she pulled it out with a jerk.

刀被卡在砧板上了,但她猛的一下就把它拔了出来.

辞典例句

The knife was stuck but she pulled it out with a jerk.

那把刀子被卡住了,她猛地一拔,把它拔了出来.

《简明英汉词典》

He's a jerk . I wish the boss wouldn't believe every little thing he says.

他是个混蛋, 我希望老板不要事事都听信他的话.

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Helpful for recover and get rid of jerk and tired.

对身体有抗痉挛与补强的功效,放松效果绝佳,改善焦虑与疲劳的身心.

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We are off already. I do not feel any jerk.

车开动了. 我一点不觉得颠.

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Sometimes my legs jerk suddenly in bed.

有时我的腿会突然在床上抽筋.

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