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noun dʒɒkdʒɑk informal 1A disc jockey. 流行音乐节目主持人;迪斯科舞厅主持人 Example sentencesExamples - Are all radio jocks born with that annoying radio jock voice?
- The blond and the jock were still finishing up their witty repartee while frantic techno music rattled on in the background.
- Dashboard Confessional took the stage to a lot of high-pitched screaming and proceeded to impress even the most ardent of jocks with their acoustic-meets-emo stylings.
- How many times have you listened to a sports presenter/commentator/jock - especially a jock - assert this?
- Sports talk-radio jocks hammered at the stars for betraying the public trust.
2North American An enthusiast or participant in a specified activity. 〈北美〉(指明活动的)狂热参与者 计算机迷。 Example sentencesExamples - He was well known by all students, whether they were jocks or computer geeks, the name Ricky Han was always followed by some form of recognition.
- I was insecure about being some kind of a commando jock photographer, but once everyone was awake we'd hit the streets and the bros were psyched.
- 2.1US A pilot or astronaut.
〈美,非正式〉飞行员;宇航员 Example sentencesExamples - And keep in mind, these are Air Force fighter jocks - some of the most respected, and feared, military officers in the world.
- In their other lives, some are commercial pilots, ex-military jocks, suits with office jobs.
- Curiously, Will argues in favor of making pilots - even Air Force fighter jocks - wear bow ties.
- Fighter jocks are what the Air Force is all about.
Synonyms airman, airwoman, flyer, aeronaut
OriginLate 18th century (denoting a rider in horse races): abbreviation. Rhymesad hoc, amok, Bangkok, baroque, belle époque, bloc, block, bock, brock, chock, chock-a-block, clock, doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, hock, hough, interlock, knock, langue d'oc, lock, Locke, Médoc, mock, nock, o'clock, pock, post hoc, roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, Spock, stock, wok, yapok noun dʒɒkdʒɑk North American informal 1 another term for jockstrap Example sentencesExamples - Young amateurs like the shorts, too, even though they cost about twice as much as jocks.
- He faked Penny out of his jock, drove baseline and threw down a two-handed dunk.
- They also more frequently used hip checks to dislodge rushers from their jocks.
- He knew when Sampson was likely to shoot, when he was likely to pass, and when he was likely to adjust his jock.
- If Cadillac had gotten that handoff, he probably would have scored, but he would have left Allen without another piece of equipment - his jock.
- He did that with more style, grace, brilliance and dominance than anyone I saw in more than four decades of talking to people in jocks.
- I put on my socks, the jock, the shorts, and then the jersey, followed by sweatbands on my left arm and an elbow pad on my right arm.
- Bobby Butler, one of the cornerbacks you chose for Atlanta's team, couldn't carry his jock.
- Cutler is no stranger to the brutality of the gridiron, having strapped on a jock and shoulder pads during his salad days as a high-school football player.
- They're either putting itchy cream in your jock or Vaseline in your helmet or baby powder inside your clothes.
- He'll put Icy Hot in your jock and anything else.
- When a man dancing in a jock is the prize, that makes you want to prove that there are limits to what a team can do.
- Drafting without Joel was like the ballpark without beer, jocks without straps and Kansas without Todo.
2An enthusiastic male athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests. (尤指缺少其他兴趣)狂热的男运动员;狂热的运动迷 Example sentencesExamples - That's right, my brother is not only a jock, he's a smart jock.
- You can just hear him, a couple years from now: ‘All jocks think about is sports.’
- Directly in front of me, a round lunch table was surrounded by a group of guys, all either athletes and jocks, or just popular boys.
- ‘Many people considered athletes dumb jocks, and I wanted to break loose from that barrier,’ he recalls.
- The movie spec suggests macho, testosterone-soaked fare that will appeal only to sports jocks.
- He was yanked into an all guy group of basketball jocks and football jocks.
- ‘Yes I don't want them thinking I am in anyway like those shallow minded jocks and jock goddesses’.
- There were cheerleaders, football players, other jocks, other girls who looked like they could be cheerleaders.
- They don't move, they speak like they're afraid to be up there, and the audience is all jocks waiting to see cute chicks.
- Jocks were jocks, after all, and the bigger they were, the more invincible they acted.
- Yet in some high schools, Straight Edgers have as much of a presence as say, the jocks or the Goth kids.
- The fraternity brothers were all football jocks and basketball stars.
- So you end up in a study group with a bunch of jocks and your erstwhile friend says, ‘I hate jocks now.’
- 80s movies aside, the truth is that when jocks and nerds collide the jocks pretty much almost always win.
- I spent that entire summer at a fat camp where I lost 75 pounds and became an athletic jock.
- Jocks don't necessarily just hang out with jocks.
- Several of the other jocks in the room snickered, apparently finding his question most hilarious.
- It is pure snobbery to loom at athletes as ‘dumb jocks.’
- Each jock was questioned about what he had done just previous to riding the race.
- ‘This frat is mostly joined by jocks,’ Tara announced, sounding like a tour guide.
Synonyms sportswoman, sportsman, sportsperson
Derivativesadjective North American informal Said good looks combined with a somewhat jockish personality gained him a seat in the world of the popular at Ascension. Example sentencesExamples - They have nothing going for them except jockish good looks.
- Your obviously jockish tendencies evidently annoy him.
- Universal differs from Scubar in that the patrons are slightly more palatable, still jockish, however and with an emphasis on the metro.
- A recent photograph in Details magazine reveals a jockish, broadly smiling Pace with his arm around costar Shawn Hatosy.
noun dʒɒk derogatory, informal A Scotsman (often as a form of address).
OriginEarly 16th century: Scots form of the given name Jack, originally as a name for an ordinary man (compare with jack1). The current sense dates from the late 18th century. nounjäkdʒɑk informal 1A disc jockey. 流行音乐节目主持人;迪斯科舞厅主持人 Example sentencesExamples - Are all radio jocks born with that annoying radio jock voice?
- Dashboard Confessional took the stage to a lot of high-pitched screaming and proceeded to impress even the most ardent of jocks with their acoustic-meets-emo stylings.
- Sports talk-radio jocks hammered at the stars for betraying the public trust.
- The blond and the jock were still finishing up their witty repartee while frantic techno music rattled on in the background.
- How many times have you listened to a sports presenter/commentator/jock - especially a jock - assert this?
2North American An enthusiast or participant in a specified activity. 〈北美〉(指明活动的)狂热参与者 计算机迷。 Example sentencesExamples - I was insecure about being some kind of a commando jock photographer, but once everyone was awake we'd hit the streets and the bros were psyched.
- He was well known by all students, whether they were jocks or computer geeks, the name Ricky Han was always followed by some form of recognition.
- 2.1US A pilot or astronaut.
〈美,非正式〉飞行员;宇航员 Example sentencesExamples - Fighter jocks are what the Air Force is all about.
- And keep in mind, these are Air Force fighter jocks - some of the most respected, and feared, military officers in the world.
- In their other lives, some are commercial pilots, ex-military jocks, suits with office jobs.
- Curiously, Will argues in favor of making pilots - even Air Force fighter jocks - wear bow ties.
Synonyms airman, airwoman, flyer, aeronaut
OriginLate 18th century (denoting a rider in horse races): abbreviation of jockey. nounjäkdʒɑk North American informal 1 another term for jockstrap Example sentencesExamples - I put on my socks, the jock, the shorts, and then the jersey, followed by sweatbands on my left arm and an elbow pad on my right arm.
- He'll put Icy Hot in your jock and anything else.
- When a man dancing in a jock is the prize, that makes you want to prove that there are limits to what a team can do.
- They also more frequently used hip checks to dislodge rushers from their jocks.
- He faked Penny out of his jock, drove baseline and threw down a two-handed dunk.
- If Cadillac had gotten that handoff, he probably would have scored, but he would have left Allen without another piece of equipment - his jock.
- He knew when Sampson was likely to shoot, when he was likely to pass, and when he was likely to adjust his jock.
- Cutler is no stranger to the brutality of the gridiron, having strapped on a jock and shoulder pads during his salad days as a high-school football player.
- He did that with more style, grace, brilliance and dominance than anyone I saw in more than four decades of talking to people in jocks.
- Bobby Butler, one of the cornerbacks you chose for Atlanta's team, couldn't carry his jock.
- They're either putting itchy cream in your jock or Vaseline in your helmet or baby powder inside your clothes.
- Young amateurs like the shorts, too, even though they cost about twice as much as jocks.
- Drafting without Joel was like the ballpark without beer, jocks without straps and Kansas without Todo.
- 1.1 An enthusiastic athlete or sports fan, especially one with few other interests.
(尤指缺少其他兴趣)狂热的男运动员;狂热的运动迷 Example sentencesExamples - 80s movies aside, the truth is that when jocks and nerds collide the jocks pretty much almost always win.
- He was yanked into an all guy group of basketball jocks and football jocks.
- Each jock was questioned about what he had done just previous to riding the race.
- ‘This frat is mostly joined by jocks,’ Tara announced, sounding like a tour guide.
- Jocks don't necessarily just hang out with jocks.
- Yet in some high schools, Straight Edgers have as much of a presence as say, the jocks or the Goth kids.
- It is pure snobbery to loom at athletes as ‘dumb jocks.’
- That's right, my brother is not only a jock, he's a smart jock.
- ‘Many people considered athletes dumb jocks, and I wanted to break loose from that barrier,’ he recalls.
- You can just hear him, a couple years from now: ‘All jocks think about is sports.’
- Jocks were jocks, after all, and the bigger they were, the more invincible they acted.
- So you end up in a study group with a bunch of jocks and your erstwhile friend says, ‘I hate jocks now.’
- There were cheerleaders, football players, other jocks, other girls who looked like they could be cheerleaders.
- Directly in front of me, a round lunch table was surrounded by a group of guys, all either athletes and jocks, or just popular boys.
- The movie spec suggests macho, testosterone-soaked fare that will appeal only to sports jocks.
- Several of the other jocks in the room snickered, apparently finding his question most hilarious.
- ‘Yes I don't want them thinking I am in anyway like those shallow minded jocks and jock goddesses’.
- I spent that entire summer at a fat camp where I lost 75 pounds and became an athletic jock.
- They don't move, they speak like they're afraid to be up there, and the audience is all jocks waiting to see cute chicks.
- The fraternity brothers were all football jocks and basketball stars.
Synonyms sportswoman, sportsman, sportsperson
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