hijack
英 [ˈhaɪ.dʒæk]
美 [ˈhaɪ.dʒæk]
- vt. 抢劫;揩油
- vi. 拦路抢劫
- n. 劫持;威逼;敲诈
将“hijack”分解为“hi”和“jack”,想象有人突然(hi)夺走了(jack)你的船(hijack来源于夺走船只的意思),这样就能记住这个单词的意思是“劫持”或“篡夺”。
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hijack 抢劫,劫机hi-,缩写自highway,公路,干道,-jack,词义不确定,可能来自人名Jack,代指土匪无赖,后词义通用化。
- hijack (v.)
- 1922, American English, perhaps from high(way) + jacker "one who holds up." Originally "to rob (a bootlegger, smuggler, etc.) in transit;" sense of "seizing an aircraft in flight" is 1968 (also in 1961 variant skyjack), extended 1970s to any form of public transportation. Related: Hijacked; hijacking.
- 1. Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.
- 被劫持过程中,每一分钟都过得如同一周那么漫长。
- 2. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
- 头版是对劫持事件的连续报道。
- 3. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.
- 大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护.
- 4. Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.
- 两名男子试图劫持一架从里加飞往摩尔曼斯克的飞机。
- 5. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
- 他铤而走险,企图劫持一架飞机。