jitney

英式音标：['dʒɪtnɪ]

美式音标：['dʒɪtnɪ]

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概况：

n. 小公共汽车；五分硬币

vt. 搭乘小型公共汽车

vi. 乘小型公共汽车

词义：

n.

五分硬币；

变形

复数：jitneys

英英释义

jitney[ 'dʒitni ]

n.a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

同义词：busautobuscoachcharabancdouble-deckermotorbusmotorcoachomnibuspassenger vehicle

用法：

权威例句

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Said Abasin

Petrology and geochemistry of the Huerto Andesite, San Juan volcanic field, Colorado

The Jitney Parallel Optical Interconnect

The Jitney parallel optical interconnect

Privatization of urban transit: The Los Angeles jitney experience

Packaging aspects of the Jitney parallel optical interconnect

An evaluation of jitney systems in developing countries

Why do regulated jitney services often fail? Evidence from the New York City group ride vehicle project

The West Adapts the Automobile: Technology, Unemployment, and the Jitney Phenomenon of 1914–1917

Jitney sign

英语词源：

jitney (n.)

"bus which carries passengers for a fare," 1915, short for jitney bus (1906), American English, from gitney, said to be slang for any small coin, especially "a nickel," because the buses' fare typically was a nickel, the coin name perhaps via New Orleans from French jeton "coin-sized metal disk, slug, counter," from Old French jeter "to calculate," literally "to throw" (see jet (v.)).

"I'll give a nickel for a kiss," Said Cholly to a pretty miss. "Skiddo," she cried, "you stingy cuss," "You're looking for a jitney buss." ["Jitney Jingle," 1915]

The origin and signification of the word was much discussed when the buses first appeared. Some reports say the slang word for "nickel" comes from the bus; most say the reverse, but there does not seem to be much record of jitney in a coin sense before the buses came along (a writer in "The Hub," August 1915, claims to have heard and used it as a small boy in San Francisco, and reported hearsay that "It has been in use there since the days of '49." In some sources it is said to be a St. Louis word, but most credit it to the U.S. West, especially California, though others trace it to "southern negroes, especially in Memphis" ["The Pacific," Feb. 7, 1915].

造句：

1. Revised and polished over two decades, that work became “Jitney”, part of an ambitious series of ten plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century and all save one in the Hill District.

这部作品经过20年的修改和润色就成为了现在一部名叫《小公共汽车》的戏。 它是耗资巨大的十部系列剧之一。

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2. Revised and polished over two decades, that work became “Jitney”, part of an ambitious series of ten plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century and all save one in the Hill District.

这部作品经过20年的修改和润色就成为了现在一部名叫《小公共汽车》的戏。 它是耗资巨大的十部系列剧之一。

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3. jitney bag

[美俚]手提小皮包

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4. jitney dance

[美]五分钱跳一次的舞会

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5. jitney circuit

[美]郊区的廉价戏

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