hijack怎么读?

hijack

英 ['haɪdʒæk] 美['haɪdʒæk]
  • vt. 抢劫;揩油
  • vi. 拦路抢劫
  • n. 劫持;威逼;敲诈

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词态变化


第三人称单数: hijacks;过去式: hijacked;过去分词: hijacked;现在分词: hijacking;名词: hijacking;

中文词源


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。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自《权威词典》

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
他铤而走险,企图劫持一架飞机。

来自辞典例句