hijack
英 ['ha?d??k]
美['ha?d??k]
- vt. 搶劫；揩油
- vi. 攔路搶劫
- n. 劫持；威逼；敲詐
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?hijacks;過去式:?hijacked;過去分詞:?hijacked;現在分詞:?hijacking;名詞:?hijacking;
中文詞源
hijack 搶劫，劫機
hi-,縮寫自highway,公路，干道，-jack,詞義不確定，可能來自人名Jack,代指土匪無賴，后詞義通用化。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.
- 被劫持過程中，每一分鐘都過得如同一周那么漫長。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
- 頭版是對劫持事件的連續報道。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.
- 大多數國家拒絕對劫機者提供庇護.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.
- 兩名男子試圖劫持一架從里加飛往摩爾曼斯克的飛機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
- 他鋌而走險，企圖劫持一架飛機。
來自辭典例句