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七姑姑系列 aunt

daunt      v.畏縮            (打姑姑嚇倒姑姑了，使姑姑畏縮) [daunting]

flaunt      v.誇耀            (到處飛fly炫耀的姑姑) [誇耀自己的財富]

gaunt   adj.枯瘦的          (姑姑被告了，她變得憔悴枯瘦的)

haunt   n/v.常去的地方     (姑姑常來要搬椅子h給她坐) [鬼魂常出沒之處]

jaunt       n.短程旅遊       (姑姑住的不遠也不近，去找她是短程旅遊) journey

taunt    n/v.嘲弄            (欺負t的諧音姑姑)

vaunt      v.吹噓             (比出勝利V的姑姑 - 愛吹噓的姑姑) [吹噓自己功績]

ps.

saunter v.閒逛;漫步

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jaunt

n.短程旅遊   [a short journey, esp. one taken for pleasure.]

ex. She' s gone on a jaunt into town.
她到城裡遊逛去了

v. [ to make a short journey.]

jaunty

adj.輕鬆活潑的;快活的 [ easy and sprightly in manner or bearing]

ex. The happy children walked with jaunty steps.
快樂的孩子們跳跳蹦蹦地走著。

聯想：因為能去jaunt，所以小朋友都jaunty起來了

jazz

n. 爵士樂

補充：

爵士樂是起源於20世紀在美國南部非裔的社區 1910s

Big band-style [1930s-1940s]

Bebop [1945- ] ...hard bebop, postbop

Cool Jazz [1940-1950]

Latin Jazz fusion ex. Afro-Cuban, Brazilian Jazz [1950s~1960s]

Jazz-rock fusion [1970s-1980s]

Acid jazz (funk + hip-hop) [late 1980s- ]

經典的 Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue

jealousy

jealous-y

n.妒忌 [jealous resentment against a rival, a person enjoying success or advantage, etc., or against another's success or advantage itself.]

ex.像媽媽比較寵小兒子，大兒子可能會嫉妒( That's Jealousy)。像男生幫女同事而加班，醋意重的女朋友可能會嫉妒(That's Jealousy)

ex. They were divided by mutual suspicion and jealousy.
他們因互相猜疑,嫉妒而對立。

jealous

adj.妒忌的, 吃醋的

ex. If other girl spoke to him intimately she was immediately jealous.

字源： L. zēl(us) zeal"狂熱"

c.f.

envy

n./v. 羨慕

ex. 像朋友尾牙抽獎居然中了一台跑車，真是羨慕阿(That's envy.)

ex. I envy you having an iphone .

attentive:meddlesome＝envious:jealous
特別注意的是多管閒事的＝特別羨慕的是嫉妒的

jeer

v.譏笑 [to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely]

ex. Don't jeer unless you can do better.

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**輕蔑、嘲笑系列 ex.別人失敗了，還笑人家是喪家犬

contempt      n.輕蔑

deride           v.輕蔑            [de-rid(笑)-e]

disdain       n/v.輕蔑、鄙視  [ OF. desdeigner ，des=dis, deigner "treat as worthy ]

despise       v. 輕蔑  [de-spis( = spec;look)-e]

disregard     v. 輕蔑  [dis-regard]

gibe       v.譏笑

jibe        v.譏笑、 與一致

jeer        v.譏笑

mock     v.譏笑( 用模仿的方式)   [to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech.]

ridicule   v.譏笑

scorn   n/v.輕蔑、嘲笑

scoff      v.輕蔑、嘲笑

sneer      v.輕蔑、嘲笑  (用面部表情的方式) [ex.她以為是她是有多正..]
[ to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt ]

spurn      v.一腳踢開、輕蔑地拒絕  [想成spur(馬刺) + no]

taunt      v.以一種諷刺、侮辱的譏笑
[ says something about your weakness "to insult"  you , insulting ]

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jibe

v.譏笑 [= gibe.]

v.相一致(美語中才有的字義)  [to be in harmony or accord; agree]

ex. What he described does not jibe with the facts.

ps.其實在生活中jibe較常是指：使帆從一舷轉至另一舷, 使帆改變方向

jibe <> conflict

jejune

adj.枯燥無味的 [without interest or significance; dull; insipid]

ex. there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases.
空洞無用的言辭不斷湧出

adj.不成熟的 [juvenile; immature; childish]

聯想：六月(june)太熱，做什麼都枯燥乏味(jejune)

jejune:interest

jerk

n. 猛然地一拉(或一推,一扭,一扔等) [a quick, sharp pull, thrust, twist, throw, or the like; a sudden movement]

n. 顛簸,搖晃 [any sudden, quick movement of the body]

v.猛然一動  [to pull, twist, move, thrust, or throw with a quick, suddenly arrested motio]

ex.I felt the fishing line jerk.
我感覺到釣絲猛然一動。

ps.

在俚語中 jerk指的是蠢蛋 foolish person

打手槍 = jerk-off. 正式的語言叫masturbate

jeopardize

v.使危害 [to put in jeopardy; hazard; risk; imperil]

ex. The security of the whole operation has been jeopardized by one careless person.

ex. to jeopardize his immortal soul by kissing you.

聯想：看成 leopard 豹.. 放豹危害人(jeopardize)

jeopardy

n.風險 [hazard or risk of or exposure to loss, harm, death, or injury]

n.危險 [peril or danger]

ex. find oneself in double jeopardy.
進退兩難

jest

n.玩笑 =joke

ex. Better lose a jest than a friend.
(諺語)寧肯少說笑話，決不得罪朋友

v.開玩笑 [To act or speak playfully; to make witty remarks.]

ex. You shouldn' t jest about serious things.

ex. nike 的廣告 "jest do it" is a jest

聯想：jest 跟 joke長得很像

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玩笑特輯

jest    n.玩笑 =joke

jape    v.開玩笑 n.笑話  [(old-fashion) joke，quip]

prank   n.惡作劇、令人難堪的玩笑

[a trick of an amusing, playful, or sometimes malicious nature.]

quip  n.俏皮話、妙語 ( 即興說出的機智話語 )

[1.a sharp, sarcastic remark]

[2.a clever or witty remark or comment]

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jettison

n. [the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it.]

v. [to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency .]

ex. a ship jettisoning wastes

ex. a pilot jettisoning aircraft fuel.

聯想：jet是噴射機 ，jettison是丟掉東西

"下面的影片是登陸火星的simulator(構想是來自英國的科幻小說家Stephen Baxter)...其中你可以看到火箭拋棄用完的fuel tank, 這個動作就是jettison...你可以點進去，影片的註解有更多的資料...(目前還沒有人登陸火星)"

jigsaw puzzle

n.拼圖

jingoism

n. 沙文主義者; 主張武力外交者 [the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism .]

聯想：日文的「軍國」可以發音成jingo ... (其實沒有..如果有的話會唸成ぐんごく)

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Chauvinism from Nicolas Chauvin ，傳說中因其 過分的愛國主義 和對拿破崙的忠誠而聞名的法國士兵 (Nicolas Chauvin , a legendary French soldier famous for his devotion to Napoleon)

jingoism <> dove n.鴿子, 和平 (某牌洗髮精)

jockey

n.賽馬的騎師 [a person who rides horses professionally in races.]

v.欺騙 [ to trick or cheat]

v.耍手段使 [to manipulate cleverly or trickily]

ex. Swindlers jockeyed him into buying some worthless land.
騙子們騙他買下了一些毫無價值的土地。

字源：jock其實就是Jack, 當成boy來解釋，而這個boy騎馬，就變成了騎師了。

另外Jack就是紙牌中的11點，也叫 knave，其中的含意是「奸詐的人」

聯想：Jacky(吳宗憲)會跑去當騎師，你不是在騙我嗎(jockey me)