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hijack

英 ['haɪdʒæk] 美['haɪdʒæk]

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近义词seize kidnap abduct steal commandeer skyjack control

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。

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。