jibe

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /d͡ʒaɪb/    美 /d͡ʒaɪb/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A facetious or insulting remark; a jeer, a taunt.
    — He flung subtle jibes at her until she couldn’t bear to work with him any longer.
  2. Alternative spelling of gybe. US,alt-of,alternative
动词 v.
  1. To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. transitive
    — [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience.
  2. To accord or agree. Canada,US,informal,intransitive
    — That explanation doesn’t jibe with the facts.
  3. Alternative spelling of gybe. US,alt-of,alternative
  4. To say in a mocking or taunting manner. transitive
    — Scarlett felt her heart begin its mad racing again and she clutched her hand against it unconsciously, as if she would squeeze it into submission. "Eavesdroppers often hear highly instructive things," jibed a memory.
  5. To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. intransitive
    — Why thats the way to choake a gibing ſpirrit, / Whoſe influence is begot of that looſe grace, / Which ſhallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […]

词形变化

jibes plural jibes present,singular,third-person jibing participle,present jibed participle,past jibed past gibe alternative gybe alternative jibes present,singular,third-person jibing participle,present jibed participle,past jibed past gibe alternative gybe alternative jibes plural jibes present,singular,third-person jibing participle,present jibed participle,past jibed past

词汇关系

衍生词
jiber giber jibingly gibingly

词源

词源 1
Uncertain; possibly from Old French giber (“to engage in horseplay; to play roughly in sport”). Compare English jib (“usually of a horse: to stop and refuse to go forward”), Old Norse geipa (“to talk nonsense”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
词源 2
Origin unknown; perhaps related to chime (“to cause to sound in harmony”).
词源 3
See gybe.
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