jackknife
/jak-nahyf/US // ˈdʒækˌnaɪf //UK // (ˈdʒækˌnaɪf) //
自杀式,自杀式刀法,自刎,自杀式刀
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n.名词 noun
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plural jack·knives.
- : a large pocketknife.
- : Fancy Diving. a dive in which the diver bends in midair to touch the toes, keeping the legs straight, and then straightens out.
v.无主动词 verb
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jack·knifed, jack·knif·ing.
- : to bend or double over like a jackknife: The prizefighter jackknifed and fell when he was hit in the stomach.
- : to have the cab and trailer swivel at the linkage until they form a V shape, as the result of an abrupt stop or accident.
- : to perform a jackknife.
- : to move rapidly at an abrupt angle.
v.有主动词 verb
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jack·knifed, jack·knif·ing.
- : to cause to jackknife: The blow jackknifed the prizefighter.
- : to cut with a jackknife.
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : resembling a jackknife, as in its shape, function, or manner of opening and folding.
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Examples
Around the 50-minute mark a jackknife plot turn sends it careering off-road, and it becomes an overburdened movie rather than a nimble one.
She cut it with Henry's jackknife into four quarters, and she and Henry took the two crusty ends themselves.
It was a rather battered jackknife, and Scattergood noticed that one blade had been broken off.
Mr. Blossom drew a jackknife from his pocket and began leisurely to sharpen a pencil.
Then he got up, jerked Mr. Blossom's old jackknife from the post where it had been abandoned, and pocketed it.
"I've heard tell you kin cut real gold like cheese," he said, and opened his jackknife.
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