jockey英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

One who rides racehorses competitively.
That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
An operator of some machinery or apparatus. in-compounds
A dealer in horses; a horse trader. dated

— And the crime for which Nuncomar was about to die was regarded by them in much the same light in which the selling of an unsound horse, for a sound price, is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey.
A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade. dated
A prostitute's client. UK,slang
A rapist. Ireland,slang

动词 v.

To ride (a horse) in a race.
To jostle by riding against.

— They were jockeying for position toward the end of the race.
To maneuver (something) by skill; especially, to do so for one's advantage.

— They're all jockeying for promotion.
To cheat or trick.

— I've been jockeyed into doing work for which I get no credit.

词形变化

jockeys plural jockeys present,singular,third-person jockeying participle,present jockeyed participle,past jockeyed past

词汇关系

衍生词

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词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Middle English Jackin
Middle English Jankyn
English Jack
English Jock
English jock
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
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English -y
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Scots -ieinflu.
English -ie
English -ey
English jockey
The word is by origin a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare's Richard III. v. 3, 304. Equivalent to jock + -ey.
In the 16th and 17th centuries the word was applied to horse-dealers, postilions, itinerant minstrels and vagabonds, and thus frequently bore the meaning of a cunning trickster, a "sharp", whence the verb to jockey, "to outwit" or "to do" a person out of something. The current meaning of a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Middle English Jackin
Middle English Jankyn
English Jack
English Jock
English jock
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
▲
English -y
▲
Scots -ieinflu.
English -ie
English -ey
English jockey
The word is by origin a diminutive of jock, the Northern English or Scots colloquial equivalent of the first name John, which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compare Jack, Dick), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare's Richard III. v. 3, 304. Equivalent to jock + -ey.
In the 16th and 17th centuries the word was applied to horse-dealers, postilions, itinerant minstrels and vagabonds, and thus frequently bore the meaning of a cunning trickster, a "sharp", whence the verb to jockey, "to outwit" or "to do" a person out of something. The current meaning of a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670.