jab
英 [dʒæb]
美 [dʒæb]
- vt. 戳;猛击;用拨火棒等捅
- vi. 戳;刺;用拳猛击
- n. 戳;猛击;注射
1. job 还有一层含义“刺,戳,捅”,这时它与 jab 同源同义,jab 就是 job 的变体形式。
2. 可以说 job / jab / jag 它们都是同源词,它们都是对“刺,戳,撕”等动作所产生的声音的拟声,所以说它们都是拟声词。
3. jag 除了有“刺,戳,撕”的含义外,还有表示“刺,戳,撕”的结果、状态。
4. jagged 就表示这种结果、状态的形容词形式。
5. 就如 jabber 和 gibber 这对拟声词它们是同源拟声,gibber influenced by jabber. 双写字母b就是对这种吱吱喳喳、喋喋不休的声音的形象模拟和描述,可以说其中蕴含做讽刺和贬义。
6. 就像 giggle 这个拟声词双写字母g加-le,就表示这种动作的重复性,没完没了、不停的重复下去,即:咯咯地笑,咯咯笑个不止。
jab 戳,刺来自苏格兰语job拼写变体,刺,戳,捅,可能来自拟声词。
- jab (v.)
- 1825, "to thrust with a point," Scottish variant of job "to strike, pierce, thrust," from Middle English jobben "to jab, thrust, peck" (late 15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jabbed; jabbing.
- jab (n.)
- 1825, from jab (v.). Meaning "a punch with the fist" is from 1889. Sense of "injection with a hypodermic needle," beloved by headline writers, is from 1914.
- 1. He neatly fended off a jab at his chest.
- 他利落地挡开了当胸的一击.
- 2. Be careful! Don't jab his eye out with your bamboo pole.
- 小心! 你的竹竿别捅了他的眼睛.
- 3. He got jab bed in the lower part of his chest.
- 他的下胸部被刺.
- 4. The boy received a jab.
- 孩子注射了一针.
- 5. He saw her jab her thumb on a red button — a panic button.
- 他看到她用拇指按了一个红色按钮——紧急呼叫按钮。