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单词 jibe
释义
jibe1 nounjibe2 verb
jibejibe1, gibe /dʒaɪb/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjibe1
Origin:
1500-1600 JIBE2 (2)
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • For two hours, legislators traded jibes over the bill.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • George Will is a great recycler, despite his jibes at silly liberal environmentalism.
  • Giving and taking jibes and insults is very much part of being a footie fan; usually it's fun.
  • Greg's jibe about the dress being like a shroud rankled.
  • His jibe was greeted with howls of laughter as Mr Smith savaged Mr Major during the emergency debate on the economy.
  • Mostly he walked away from her jibes.
  • She had done nothing to deserve Deana's petty jibes, and suddenly it was too much.
  • So he didn't listen to odd jibe about our millionaire friend, and he didn't ask them to pay.
  • To deal with the jibes of those who called her Big Ben.
an unkind remark intended to make someone seem silly:  She was tired of his cheap jibes.
jibe1 nounjibe2 verb
jibejibe2 verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjibe2
Origin:
1 1800-1900 Origin unknown. 2 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French giber ‘to shake’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
jibe
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyjibe
he, she, itjibes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyjibed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave jibed
he, she, ithas jibed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad jibed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill jibe
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have jibed
Continuous Form
PresentIam jibing
he, she, itis jibing
you, we, theyare jibing
PastI, he, she, itwas jibing
you, we, theywere jibing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been jibing
he, she, ithas been jibing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been jibing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be jibing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been jibing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • His distrust of the power of critics made him ready to jibe at David Sylvester.
1[intransitive] American English informal if two statements, reports etc jibe with each other, the information in them matchesjibe with His report did not jibe with the facts.2[intransitive + at] to say something that is intended to make someone seem silly
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