头b ◊ to dean the
gas jets on the coofcer 把煤气灶的气嘴
擦干净 3 [U】a hard black mineral
that can be polished and is used in jewellery煤玉；黑玉；黑色大理石；贝
褐碳
■ verb (-tt-) [V +adv./prep.]
(informal) to fly somewhere in a
plane乘坐喷气式飞机旅行
,jet
■
black at// deep shiny black
in colour 乌黑发亮的
Jet 'engine
noun an engine that drives
an aircraft forwards by pushing out a stream of gases behind it 喷气式发动机一picture page Rii
jet-foil /'d3etfoil/ noun a passenger boat
which rises above the surface of the water when it is travelling fast and has jet engines水翼喷射船；飞翼船
'jet lag noun [U] the feeling of
being tired and slightly confused after a long plane journey, especially when
there is a big difference in the time at the place you leave and that at the
place you arrive in 飞行时差综合
征；时差反应► ‘jet-lagged 〇办 jet-liner /'d3etlam0(r)/ noun a large plane with a
jet engine, that carries passengers ^(大型）喷气式客机
jet-pro’pelled
ad/
driven by jet engines 喷气发动机 推进的
Jet
pro1 pulsion noun [U] the use of jet
engines for power喷气推进
jet-sam /'d3etsam/ noun things that are
thrown away, especially from a ship at sea and that float towards land ( 指冲到岸边的）船上投弃物一compare
FLOTSAM(l)
the Jet set noun [sing.+sing./pl. v.] rich and fashionable people who travel a
lot (常蝻飞说旅行的）富豪一族
'jet-setter
noun a rich, fashionable
person who travels a lot 常乘飞机旅行的富豪► jet-setting [usually before noun]: her jet-setting
miHionafre bqx/Wend 她那位常乘
飞机旅< 行的阔男朋友
Jet
Ski™ noun a vehicle with an
engine, like a motor- cycle, for riding across water 喷气式滑 M;吉斯基水上 ► 'jet-skiinig nouri [U1 — picture o page R34 'jet stream noun 1 (usually the jet stream) [sing.] a strong wind
that blows high above the earth and that has an effect on the weather (地球髙空的）急流 2 [C] the flow of gases from a plane’s engine (.飞机发动机
的)喷气流
jet-ti-son
/'d3etisn/ verb [VN] 1 to throw sth out of a
moving plane or ship to make it lighter (为减轻重量而
从行驶的飞机或船上）扔弃，丢弃，投弃：to jettison扣eZ 投弃燃料 2 to get rid of sth/sb
that you no longer need or want 摆脱；除掉；处理掉 003 discard: He was jettiscmed as team
coach the de/eat.他因这次失败被
撤销了运动队教练职务。3 to reject an idea,
belief, plan, etc. that you no longer think is useful or likely to
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be successful放弃，拒绝接受（想法、信念、计划等）
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ABANDON
jetty /'d3eti/ noun {pi. -ies) [NAmE also dock) a wall or platform
built out into the sea, a river, etc., where boats can be tied and where people
can get on and off boats突堤；栈桥；登岸码头
jet-way /'d3etwei/ noun {NAm£) = air bridge Jew /d3u:/ noun a member of the
people and cultural community whose traditional religion is Judaism and who
come from the ancient Hebrew people of Israel; a person who believes in and
practises Judaism 犹太人；
_犹太教徒
jewel
/'d3u：0l/ noun 1 a precious stone such as a diamond, ruby, etc.宝石 PCT71 gem(1) 2 [usually pi.] pieces of jewellery or
decorative objects that contain precious
stones 珠宝首饰：The family jewels are Zocfced away in a
sa/e,家里始珠宝首饰都锁i葆险柜M。 —see also crown
jewels 3 a small precious stone or
piece of special glass that is used in the machinery of a watch (丰表的）宝石轴承 4 (/n/ormfl/) a person or thing that is very important
or valuable 宝贝；难能可贵
的人;1 珍贵的东H _ compare gem(2) IHTOt the jewel in the
crown the
most attractive or valuable part of sth 王冠上的宝百;最有吸引力（或珍贵、有价值）的东西
'jewel case
noun a plastic box for
holding a CD ( M 料）光盘盒
jewelled (fir£) {NAmE jeweled) /'d3U：»ld/ adj.
decorated with jewels饰以宝石的；镶有全石的
jew-eMer (Brf) (NAmE jew-el-er) /'dsuial^r)/ noun 1 a person who makes,
repairs or sells jewellery and watches宝石钟表匠；宝石
el-lers) a shop/store that
sells jewellery and watches 珠宝#j1 表店：J bought it at the
jeweHer’s near my qfifi'ce.
_我在办公室附近的珠宝店买的。
jew-el-lery <>■» (Srf) (NAmE jew-el-ry) /'d3U：»lri/ noun [U] objects such as rings and necklaces that people wear as decoration 珠宝；首饰：siZver/goid jeweHery 银 / 金首饰◊ She has some
lovely pieces o/jeweHery.她 秦几件漂亮的首饰。一see also costume
jewellery Jew-ess /'d3U：as/ noun (often offensive) an old-fashioned word
for a Jewish woman犹太女人（旧时用语）
Jew-ish
/'d3U：iJ/ adj. connected with Jews or Judaism; believing in and
practising Judaism 犹太人的；有关犹
太人的；犹太教的；信犹太教的：We’re Jewish.我们是
犹太人。◊ the 〖ocaZ Jewish community当:地的犹太人群
体►Jew.ish.ness
now/?
[U]
Jewry
/’dsuari;
AWmf 'd3uri; .d3u:-/ now/7 [U]
Jewish people as a group (统称）犹太人：Britis/i Jewry英国获太人