jerkin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒɜː.kɪn/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɝ.kɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of men's garment popular in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: a close-fitting collarless jacket, with or without sleeves. historical
    — [T]wenty yeomen, two and two, / In hosen black, and jerkins blue, / With falcons broider'd on each breast, / Attended on their lord's behest.
  2. Alternative form of gyrkin. alt-of,alternative
  3. A sleeveless jacket, usually leather; a long waistcoat.
    — A tall and very good-looking kid in a jerkin came out of the store and rode the coupé off around the corner and came back walking, his glistening black hair plastered with rain.

词形变化

jerkins plural jerkins plural

词汇关系

衍生词
buff jerkin green jerkin jerkined jerkinhead
相关词
bodice doublet gherkin

词源

First recorded in early 1500s. Possibly related to Dutch jurk (“dress”), itself of unknown origin and not attested before the 17th century. Derivation from Old French jo(u)rne (“day”) has been suggested.
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