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词组 jack
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jack
Theme: MONEY
n. money.
I don't have the jack for a deal like that.How much jack will it take?
Theme: NOTHING
n. nothing.
This new television program isn't worth jack!Your last idea wasn't worth jack. Do I pay you to come up with stuff that bad?
Theme: PEOPLE - STRANGE
n. a strange person; an annoying person.
Wally, stop acting like such a jack!Ted is a total jack. He doesn't know his head from a hole in the ground.
Theme: TOBACCO
n. tobacco for rolling cigarettes.
You got some jack I can bum?I don't use jack at all.
Jack
Ⅰ
noun an all-purpose male name; any man; used as a male-to-male form of address. Predominantly black use UK, 1706⇨ See: JACK JONES
Ⅱ ⇨ Jack Jones; Jack; Jack Malone
noun a state of isolation, alone. Imperfect rhyming slang for 'alone', yet in practice the rhyme often seems to be with 'own': 'on your jack' (on your own); a feeling of abandonment is often implied UK, 1925
Ⅲ ⇨ Jack; Jack's
nickname Jack Daniels™ whisky US, 1972
jack
Ⅰ
1. adjective
1
used for describing any medium used for inspiration while masturbating. Followed by the medium – 'jack pictures', 'jack flick', 'jack book', etc US, 1990.
2
had enough of; fed up with AUSTRALIA, 1889
2. noun
1
anything at all; nothing at all US, 1973.
2
the anus. Notably in 'up your jack!' UK, 1984.
3
an act of masturbation US, 2003.
4
semen. Possibly by back-formation from JACK OFF (to masturbate) US, 1997.
5
a sexually transmitted infection. Short for 'jack in the box', rhyming slang for POX AUSTRALIA, 1944.
6
methylated spirits as an alcoholic drink. Probably a variation of JAKE UK, 1961.
7
a homemade alcoholic beverage, usually applejack or raisinjack US, 1894.
8
tobacco US, 1949.
9
a small heroin pill UK, 1967.
10
in bowls, the small white ball that serves as a target for the bowls UK, 1611.
11
money US, 1890.
12
a counterfeit double-headed coin. Origin unknown AUSTRALIA, 1936.
13
a robbery US, 1988.
14
a police officer or detective UK, 1889.
15
a friend BAHAMAS, 1995.
16
a kookaburra. Shortening of 'laughing jackass' AUSTRALIA, 1898.
17
a peek or a look NEW ZEALAND, 1984
3. verb
1
to steal, to take by force – especially of street crime. Adopted from 'JACK' (to hijack) US, 1930.
2
to lift or raise or move something, as with a carjack AUSTRALIA, 1961.
3
(of a male) to masturbate US, 1995.
4
to convey a cartridge into the chamber of a firearm AUSTRALIA, 1995.
5
to abandon, to dismiss UK, 1961.
6
to serve (a prison sentence) US, 1966.
7
to move the plunger of a hypodermic syringe back and forth AUSTRALIA, 1970.
8
to flush blood in and out of a hypodermic syringe AUSTRALIA, 1970.
9
to cease; to shirk UK, 1947.► jack someone's rootto frustrate someone US, 1980.► jack your jawto talk incessantly US, 1983.► jack your jointto manoeuvre your penis during sex US, 1997
Ⅱ ⇨ Jack and Jill; Jack-and-Jill; jack
noun
1
a bill. Rhyming slang UK, 1960.
2
a till, a cash register. Rhyming slang UK, 1932.
3
a hill. Rhyming slang, formed on the nursery rhyme couple who went up the hill UK, 1934.
4
a fool. Rhyming slang for DILL (a fool) AUSTRALIA, 1973.
5
the (contraceptive) pill. Rhyming slang UK, 1988.
6
a pill. Rhyming slang UK, 1992
idiomjackbefore you can say Jack Robinson(also before you can say knife BrE)used in order to say that something happens very quickly:These days when someone dies the funeral directors come and take the body away before you can say Jack Robinson.I know I'd be happier without Matt - if we didn't have children I'd leave him before you could say "knife".I'm all right Jack BrEBrE(also you're, she's etc all right Jack)used in order to show disapproval when someone's attitude shows that they do not care about a problem that other people are having, because it does not affect them:Middle-class resistance to tax increases is typical of the I'm all right Jack mentality.You got a pay rise - you're all right Jack, so I suppose you don't want to hear about anyone else's problems.be a jack of all trades(also a jack of all trades and master of none)to be able to do a lot of different jobs, although you may not be very good at any one of them:KNTV was such a small station that Haulman had to become a jack of all trades, working as a reporter, editor, cameraman and even weatherman.Dominic is a small-time businessman, a jack of all trades and master of none. not ___ jack (shit) AmEAmE(also not ___ jack diddly)slang to not do, have, know etc anything at all:"What did the painters do in the house today?" "I don't know. It looks like they didn't do jack shit."I hate this job - I'm not earning jack.
Note The verbs that are most commonly used with this idiom are 'do', 'have', 'know', 'mean', 'get', and 'earn'. You may hear people use this expression without 'not' to mean the same thing.
phrasejack[jacked, jacked, jacking]
jack around
jack sb around AmE informal to deliberately make things difficult for someone and waste their time: The realtors kept jacking us around so we found another agency to sell the house.■ SIMILAR TO: dick around AmE informal, mess around BrE informal
jack in
jack sth in • jack in sth BrE informal to stop doing a job or other regular activity, especially because you are bored or do not enjoy it: I'll stay for two more weeks, and if I still don't like the job I'm jacking it in.■ SIMILAR TO: pack in informal, give up, quite informal
jack off
jack off AmE informal if a boy or man jacks off, he makes himself sexually excited by rubbing his sexual organs■ SIMILAR TO: masturbate, toss off BrE informal, jerk off
jack up 1. jack up sth • jack sth up informal to increase prices, rates etc by a large amount, especially suddenly and in a way that seems unreasonable: All the hotels in town jack up their prices for the festival week. The standard manager's fee then was 10 percent, but Parker jacked it up to 50 percent.■ SIMILAR TO: increase2. jack sth up • jack up sth to lift a vehicle or other heavy object off the ground using a special piece of equipment that you put under the vehicle to support it: If you had a flat tyre, would you know how to jack the car up and take the wheel off?3. jack up BrE informal to take an illegal drug by putting it into your body using a needle: If kids are jacking up and sharing needles, there's the added risk of them catching HIV or hepatitis.■ SIMILAR TO: shoot up informal

jack

1. n. money. I don’t have the jack for a deal like that.
2. n. tobacco for rolling cigarettes. You got some jack I can bum?
3. n. nothing. (Probably from jack-shit.) Your last idea wasn’t worth jack. Do I pay you to come up with stuff that bad?
4. n. a strange person; an annoying person. (Possibly from jackass or jack-shit.) Willy, stop acting like such a jack!
5. tv. to steal something. I didn’t buy it, I jacked it!
See:
  • A good husband makes a good wife
  • a good Jack makes a good Jill
  • a jack of all trades
  • a Jack the Lad
  • a pile Jack Rice couldn't jump over
  • a roll Jack Rice couldn't jump over
  • all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)
  • All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
  • ball the jack
  • balling the jack
  • beat off
  • before (one) can say Jack Robinson
  • before you can say Jack Robinson
  • before you could say Jack Robinson
  • crackerjack
  • each and every one
  • Every Jack has his Jill
  • every man Jack
  • every man jack of us/them
  • every man Jack/mother's son
  • every Tom, Dick, and Harry
  • faster than you can say Jack Robinson
  • I'm all right, Jack
  • jack
  • jack (something) in
  • jack all
  • jack around
  • jack it in
  • Jack Ketch
  • jack of all trades
  • jack of all trades is a master of none
  • jack of all trades, master of none
  • jack off
  • jack o'lantern
  • jack someone around
  • jack someone up
  • jack something up
  • Jack Tar
  • Jack the Lad
  • jack up
  • jack-ups
  • on (one's) Jack
  • on your Jack
  • quicker than you can say Jack Robinson
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