jerky

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈd͡ʒɜːki/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɝki/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Lean meat cured and preserved by cutting into thin strips and air-drying in the sun. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cure and preserve (meat) by drying it, making jerky. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Characterized by physical jerking, or by sudden and uneven progress.
    — jerky flight
  2. Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person). US
    — jerky guy
  3. Anxious; jumpy. colloquial,dated
    — Marrabel found an ideal crevice for his loot: tight, hidden, accessible. […] His only desire was to recover the coin and get away. But the lady seemed set here, and Marrabel, ignorant of her intentions, made his first bad move. He claimed the chair, fully expecting to be given it at once. […] In strictly feminine terms she told him to go to the devil, and Marrabel, now beginning to feel jerky, veered off.

词形变化

jerkier comparative jerkiest superlative jerkies plural xarque alternative,archaic jerkies present,singular,third-person jerkying participle,present jerkied participle,past jerkied past xarque alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
herky-jerky jerkily jerkiness knee-jerky

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English jerk
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English jerky
From jerk + -y.
词源 2
Borrowed from Spanish charqui, from Quechua charki.
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