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be a jock
指（尤指大学的）运动员，带有口语色彩。
He was a jock in college.
他大学时是个体育生。
运动员
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运动员
a person trained to compete in sports
He was a jock in college.
他大学时是个体育生。
美式俚语，尤指大学运动员。
男用护身(运动时支撑生殖器的护具)。
An athletic supporter worn by men to support the genitals especially during sports.
The high school jock spends every afternoon practicing on the field.
那个高中运动员每天下午都在操场上训练。
My brother is a real jock and always talks about basketball and football.
我哥是个运动健将，总爱聊篮球和橄榄球。
All the jocks on the team wear matching jackets on game day.
队里所有运动员在比赛日都穿同款夹克。
指（尤指大学的）运动员，带有口语色彩。
He was a jock in college.
他大学时是个体育生。
用于形容某人是运动型的人，常含“只爱运动”的刻板印象。
They call him a jock because he is good at sports.
他们因为他擅长运动而管他叫体育生。
这里的 jock 是 jockstrap 的简称，指男士运动护裆。
Boxers should wear a jock during training.
拳击手训练时应该穿运动护裆。
Not this
He is jock.
Use this
He is a jock.
jock 作“运动员”讲是可数名词单数，作表语时前面必须加冠词 a，不能像形容词一样单独使用。
Not this
He is a professional jock.
Use this
He is a professional athlete.
jock 特指高中或大学的学生运动员，一般不用于职业运动员；表达“职业运动员”应用 athlete。
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头脑简单、四肢发达的运动员
The movie made fun of the dumb jock who never studied.
这部电影取笑那个从不学习、头脑简单的运动员。
高中体育生
He was a high school jock, but now he prefers chess.
他曾经是一名高中体育生，但现在更喜欢下棋。
大学体育生
The college jock received a track scholarship.
那位大学体育生获得了田径奖学金。
运动护裆
He wore a jock strap under his uniform during the game.
比赛时他在运动服里面穿了运动护裆。
股癣
The doctor said the rash was caused by jock itch.
医生说皮疹是股癣引起的。
曾经的运动员
As a former jock, he still runs every morning.
作为一名曾经的运动员，他仍然每天早晨跑步。
运动员称霸，书呆子靠边站！
Chanted by the jocks in the 1984 teen comedy Revenge of the Nerds to mock the brainy outcasts, this line captures the classic jocks-versus-nerds rivalry of American high-school movies.
这是1984年校园喜剧《书呆子复仇》中运动员用来嘲笑书呆子群体的口号，生动体现了美国高中电影里运动员与书呆子之间的经典对立。
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jock像jog（慢跑），g换ck，便是赛场上的运动员。
语域：informal 常见场景：美式校园、运动队伍 jock 表示“运动员”时多用于美国英语口语，常指中学或大学里热衷体育、体格健壮的学生，有时略带贬义。正式写作中更常用 athlete。
可数名词；指运动员或男性运动护具。
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