Word · Frequency #1652
Jack
提高;增加
to raise or increase
- 1.
To physically raise using a jack.
用千斤顶物理升起。
- 2.
To raise or increase.
提高或增加。
- 3.
To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
通过冷冻去除冰晶以增加酒精饮料的浓度
- 4.
To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
通过前后波动的动作跳舞
- 5.
To fight.
打架
用千斤顶顶起;打架;搏斗;冷冻蒸馏提纯(烈酒);跳杰克舞(身体前后波浪式摆动);用千斤顶物理升起。
In use
He jacked the car to change the flat tire.
The store jacked the price of milk by 20%.
The mechanic jacked the engine to replace the oil pan.
Verb forms
base jack · third person jacks · -ing jacking · past jacked · past participle jacked
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- jack up the car
- 用千斤顶把汽车顶起
- He jacked up the car to change the tire.他用千斤顶把汽车顶起来换轮胎。
- jack up prices
- 大幅提高价格
- The airline jacked up prices during the holidays.这家航空公司在假期期间大幅提高了价格。
- jack up the volume
- 把音量调大
- Could you jack up the volume? I can't hear the music.你能把音量调大一点吗?我听不见音乐。
- jack your body
- 摆动身体跳舞(浩室舞步)
- They were jacking their bodies to the house music.他们正随着浩室音乐摆动身体跳舞。
Idioms & figurative uses
- jack up
- 抬高;提高;增加The company jacked up the prices again.公司再次提高了价格。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想名词“千斤顶”(jack):用千斤顶把车顶起,就是把东西‘抬高、增加’。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:汽车维修、机械设备维护、建筑施工 表示“用千斤顶顶起”时,语气比较中性,通常用于换轮胎、修车或抬升设备等具体操作场景,口语中常以短语 jack up 出现。
Grammar Note
及物动词,后可接名词或代词。常见短语:jack up(抬起、提高)。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /æk/ 结尾,与 jack 押韵;注意 jock /dʒɒk/(美式 /dʒɑːk/)拼写相似但元音不同,jacket /ˈdʒækɪt/ 以 jack 开头但多一个音节,不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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