shuck and jive

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Deceit. derogatory,offensive,slang,uncountable,usually
    — More often than not, the I've-really-paid-my-dues stance adopted by country singers is pure shuck and jive. That's not the case with Hank Williams Jr.
动词 v.
  1. To tell a misleading story, especially for advantage. derogatory,offensive,slang
    — I also tell Tony to beware of the paths that America's legacy of racism has cleared for him. There's the one for the lazy, the uneducated, criminals, homeless people or those receiving government assistance of some kind. And there's the one for those who can rap or play basketball. And then there's one, perhaps most dangerous and damaging of all, for the folks willing to shuck and jive their way to the top of some diversity-deprived corporation or government-appointed post, compromising chunks of themselves along the way just to "make it."

词形变化

shucks and jives present,singular,third-person shucking and jiving participle,present shucked and jived participle,past shucked and jived past shuck-and-jive alternative,noun shucks and jives plural shuck and jives plural shuck-and-jive alternative,noun

词源

词源 1
From Afro-American vernacular English.
词源 2
From Afro-American vernacular English.
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