搜尋結果
jackknife
- IPA[ˈjakˌnīf]
美式
- a knife with a folding blade.;a dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened.
- move one's body into a bent or doubled-up position;(of an articulated vehicle) bend into a V-shape in an uncontrolled skidding movement.
noun: jackknife, plural noun: jackknives
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a knife with a folding blade.
- 2. a dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened.
- 3. a method of assessing the variability of data by repeating a calculation on the sets of data obtained by removing one value from the complete set.
動詞
- 1. move one's body into a bent or doubled-up position she jackknifed into a sitting position the Major jackknifed his thin body at the waist
- ▪ (of an articulated vehicle) bend into a V-shape in an uncontrolled skidding movement.
- ▪ (of a diver) perform a jackknife.