English → Chinese
jerk
/BrE dʒəːk 
, AmE dʒərk /
A noun
1 [countable] (jolt) 突然的一动;
a sharp jerk 突然的一动;
to give sth a jerk, to give a jerk on sth 猛推某物一下;
with a jerk 猛地一下;
the car moved forward in a series of jerks 汽车一颠一颠地前行;
with a jerk of sth 猛然晃动某物
2 [countable] (twitch of muscle, limb) 抽搐
3 [countable] informal (annoying person) 蠢人;
shut up, you jerk! 闭嘴，傻瓜！
4 [uncountable] Cooking (meat) 烤腌肉;
jerk meat/chicken 烤肉／烤鸡
B transitive verb
1 (move in particular direction) 使突然一动;
to jerk sth around; 将某物摇来摇去;
to jerk sth away (from sb/sth); （从某人／某处）猛地拿走某物;
he jerked the child to his feet 他猛地把孩子拽起来;
the door was jerked open by the impact 门被猛地撞开了
2 (jolt) 突然拉动
C intransitive verb
1 (jolt) 突然一动;
to jerk along; «vehicle» 一颠一颠地前行;
to jerk around; 猛然转身;
to jerk to a halt «vehicle» 猛然停下来;
to jerk (bolt) upright 猛然起身
2 (twitch) «muscle, limb» 抽搐; «head» 扭动; «arm» 拽动
Phrasal verbs
● jerk around
transitive verb
[jerk sb around] US informal 刁难
● jerk off (mainly US) vulgar slang
A intransitive verb
手淫
B transitive verb [jerk sb off]
为…手淫;
to jerk oneself off 手淫
● jerk out
transitive verb
[jerk out sth, jerk sth out] 猛地抽出 ‹gun, knife›;
she suddenly jerked the money out of my hand 她突然从我手里把钱抢走了