hijack
英 ['haɪdʒæk]
美 ['haɪdʒæk]
- vt. 抢劫；揩油
- vi. 拦路抢劫
- n. 劫持；威逼；敲诈
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hijack 抢劫，劫机hi-,缩写自highway,公路，干道，-jack,词义不确定，可能来自人名Jack,代指土匪无赖，后词义通用化。
- 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.
- 1. Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.
- 被劫持过程中，每一分钟都过得如同一周那么漫长。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
- 头版是对劫持事件的连续报道。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.
- 大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.
- 两名男子试图劫持一架从里加飞往摩尔曼斯克的飞机。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.
- 他铤而走险，企图劫持一架飞机。
来自辞典例句
