jam

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒæm/|/ˈd͡ʒam/|/ˈd͡ʒaːm/    美 /ˈd͡ʒæm/|/ˈdʒæːm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar and allowed to congeal. Often spread on bread or toast or used in jam tarts countable,uncommon,uncountable
    — He is allergic to jam.
  2. Alternative form of jamb. alt-of,alternative
  3. A kind of frock for children. dated
  4. A difficult situation. countable
    — It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.
  5. A difficult situation.; A difficult situation for a pitcher or defending team. countable
    — The pitcher's in a jam now, having walked the bases loaded with the cleanup hitter coming to bat.
  6. A blockage, congestion, or immobilization. countable
    — a jam on the 101 South, blocking the two right lanes [radio report]
  7. An informal, impromptu performance or rehearsal. common,countable
  8. A song; a track. broadly,countable,informal
    — pump up the jam
  9. An informal event where people brainstorm and collaborate on projects. broadly,countable
    — We came up with some new ideas at the game jam.
  10. That which one particularly prefers, desires, enjoys, or cares about. countable,slang
    — Teaching is my jam.
  11. A forceful dunk. countable
  12. A play during which points can be scored. countable
    — Toughie scored four points in that jam.
  13. Any of several manoeuvres requiring wedging of an extremity into a tight space. countable
    — I used a whole series of fist and foot jams in that crack.
  14. The tree Acacia acuminata, with fruity-smelling hard timber. Australia,countable,uncountable
  15. Luck. UK,countable,slang,uncountable
    — He's got more jam than Waitrose.
  16. Balls, bollocks, courage, machismo. Canada,countable,slang,uncountable
    — I don't think he has the jam.
  17. Sexual relations or the contemplation of them. countable,slang,uncountable
  18. Something enjoyable; a delightful situation or outcome. countable,slang,uncountable
    — ’Tis fine to be a pretty girl, or just a gay and witty girl, And obviously to be both is rightly counted jam, But even more desirable, and clearly less acquirable, Is that mysterious quality denominated glam.
动词 v.
  1. To get something stuck, often (though not necessarily) in a confined space.
    — My foot got jammed in a gap between the rocks.
  2. To brusquely force something into a space; to cram, to squeeze.
    — They temporarily stopped the gas tank leak by jamming a piece of taffy into the hole.
  3. To render something unable to move.
    — Considering the results of the CFD wind simulation, the NTSB designed several series of static and dynamic elevator load tests to determine what conditions, consistent with the known circumstances of the accident, could enable the inboard actuating crank and links of the right elevator's geared tab to move beyond their normal range of travel and become locked in an overcenter position (and, as a result, jam the right elevator).
  4. To cause congestion or blockage. Often used with "up".
    — A single accident can jam the roads for hours.
  5. To block or confuse a radio or radar signal by transmitting a more-powerful signal on the same frequency.
    — The government jams foreign propaganda broadcasts.
  6. To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
    — Jones was jammed by the pitch.
  7. To dunk.
  8. To play music (especially improvisation as a group, or an informal unrehearsed session).
  9. To injure a finger or toe by sudden compression of the digit's tip.
    — When he tripped on the step he jammed his toe.
  10. To attempt to score points.
    — Toughie jammed four times in the second period.
  11. To bring (a vessel) so close to the wind that half her upper sails are laid aback. transitive
    — It won't do to jam her,” answered Stone ;" but it might be worth findin' out if th' Hope won't lie closer than t' other can." Half a point ----"
  12. To give up on a date or some other joint endeavour; to stand up, chicken out, jam out. Canada,informal
  13. To be of high quality (especially for music). colloquial
    — I love this song! This song jams!

词形变化

jams plural jams present,singular,third-person jamming participle,present jammed participle,past jammed past jams plural jama alternative jams plural

词汇关系

近义词
ram
衍生词
finger jam fist jam foot jam hand jam ice jam pinkie jam ring jam thumb-down jam toe jam who took the jam out of your doughnut jam band jammable jammer jam one's hype jam on the brakes jam up logjam unjam
相关词
jelly marmalade

词源

词源 1
First attested in the early 18th c. as a verb meaning “to press, be pressed, be wedged in”. Compare dialectal jammock (“to press, squeeze, crush into a soft mass, chew food"; also "a soft, pulpy substance”). Perhaps from Middle English chammen, champen ("to bite upon something, gnash the teeth"; whence modern champ, chomp), of uncertain origin; probably originally onomatopoeic.
The "performance" sense is first attested with regards to jazz in 1929, and its origin, though uncertain, is likely metaphorical, "something sweet made by the combination of many things", with influence from jamboree.
词源 2
Borrowed from Persian جامه (“garment”) and/or Hindustani (Hindi जामा (jāmā) / Urdu جامہ (jāma)), meaning "garment, robe". Related to pajamas and pyjamas.
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