单词 | jiggery-pokery |
释义 | jiggery-pokery['dʒigəri'pəukəri]n. 欺诈, 欺骗 jiggery-pokery jig.ger.y-pok.er.y AHD: [j¹g“…-r¶-p½“k…-r¶] D.J. [6d9!g*ri86p*&k*ri8]K.K. [6d9!g*ri6pok*ri]n.(名词)Underhand scheming or behavior; trickery:阴谋:阴险、欺诈的计划或行为:“By some legal—or perhaps illegal—jiggery-pokery, he could declare the election void”(&b{John Hughes})“利用合法的、也许是非法的欺骗,他能宣布选举无效”(约翰·休斯)语源:1. Alteration of joukery-pawkery joukery-pawkery的变化 2. from Scots jouk [to dodge] probably from duck 2源自 苏格兰语 jouk [躲避] 可能源自 duck23. Scots pawk [trick] 苏格兰语 pawk [诡计] |
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