Jockey



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 骑师; v.用计谋获取
• ［英］ n. 骑师; v.用计谋获取 ( manoeuvre to gain an avantage)
• ［例］ jockey for position

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural jockeys)

• Etymology: Jockey, Scots nickname for John
• Date: 1643
• 1. a person who rides or drives a horse especially as a professional in a race
• 2. a person who operates or works with a specified vehicle, device, object, or material <a bus jockey><pencil jockeys>

II. verb (jockeyed; jockeying)

• Date: 1708
• transitive verb
  • 1. to deal shrewdly or fraudulently with
  • 2.
    • a. to ride or drive (a horse) as a jockey
    • b. drive, operate
  • 3.
    • a. to maneuver or manipulate by adroit or devious means <was jockeyed out of the job>
    • b. to change the position of by a series of movements <jockey a truck into position>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to act as a jockey
  • 2. to maneuver for advantage — often used in the phrase jockey for position

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