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单词 jets
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jet

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noun (1)

ˈjet How to pronounce jet (audio)
1
a
: an airplane powered by one or more jet engines
b
: jet engine
2
: a long narrow current of high-speed winds (such as a jet stream)
3
a(1)
: a usually forceful stream of fluid (such as water or gas) discharged from a narrow opening or a nozzle
(2)
: a narrow stream of material (such as plasma) emanating or appearing to emanate from a celestial object (such as a radio galaxy)
b
: a nozzle for a jet of fluid
4
: something issuing as if in a jet
talk poured from her in a brilliant jet Time
jetlike
ˈjet-ˌlīk How to pronounce jet (audio)
adjective

jet

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verb (1)

jetted; jetting

intransitive verb

1
: to travel by jet airplane
2
: to move or progress by or as if by jet propulsion

jet

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verb (2)

jetted; jetting

intransitive verb

: to spout forth : gush

transitive verb

: to emit in a stream : spout

jet

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noun (2)

1
: an intense black
2
: a compact velvet-black coal that takes a good polish and is often used for jewelry

jet

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adjective

: of the color jet

Synonyms

Noun (1)

  • spout
  • spurt
  • squirt

Verb (2)

  • gush
  • pour
  • rush
  • spew
  • spout
  • spurt
  • squirt
  • swoosh
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Word History

Etymology

Verb (2)

French jeter, literally, to throw, from Old French, from Latin jactare to throw, frequentative of jacere to throw; akin to Greek hienai to send

Noun (2)

Middle English, from Anglo-French jaiet, from Latin gagates, from Greek gagatēs, from Gagas, town and river in Asia Minor

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1661, in the meaning defined at sense 3a(1)

Verb (1)

1949, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1692, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

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noun

ˈjet How to pronounce jet (audio)
1
: a rush of liquid, gas, or vapor through a narrow opening or a nozzle
2
: jet airplane
3
: a nozzle for a rush of gas or liquid
4
: jet engine

jet

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adjective

: of a very dark black color
jet hair

jet

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noun

1
: a black mineral that is often used for jewelry
2
: a very dark black

jet

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verb

jetted; jetting
: to come forcefully from a narrow opening
Water jetted from the nozzle.

jets 1 of 2

noun

plural of jet
as in sprays
a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening bought a new showerhead that emits a superpowerful jet of water

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sprays
  • squirts
  • spouts
  • flushes
  • spurts
  • bursts
  • geysers
  • blasts
  • gushes
  • spits
  • spritzes
  • spews
  • spouters

jets

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verb

present tense third-person singular of jet
1
as in streams
to flow out in great quantities or with force water jetting out of opened fire hydrants at a dangerously high rate

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • streams
  • pours
  • rushes
  • squirts
  • spouts
  • splashes
  • spurts
  • gushes
  • rolls
  • swooshes
  • cascades
  • washes
  • spews
  • flushes
  • floods
  • issues
  • fountains
  • runs
  • surges
  • sloshes
  • sluices
  • swells
  • plashes
  • swamps
  • drowns
  • deluges
  • overflows
  • submerges
  • engulfs
  • inundates
  • overwhelms
  • submerses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • drops
  • drips
  • trickles
  • dribbles
  • leaks
  • sprinkles
  • strains
  • bleeds
  • spatters
  • seeps
  • percolates
  • weeps
  • oozes
  • exudes
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as in ejects
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the volcano has been jetting out fiery lava in life-threatening amounts

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • ejects
  • spouts
  • erupts
  • spurts
  • spits
  • fires
  • belches
  • streams
  • expels
  • emits
  • squirts
  • eructs
  • disgorges
  • vents
  • pours
  • spews
  • releases
  • exhales
  • hurls
  • issues
  • surges
  • springs
  • gushes
  • shoots
  • flings
  • heaves
  • launches
  • tosses
  • discharges
  • emanates
  • pitches
  • casts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • restrains
  • contains
  • bottles (up)
  • shuts (in or up)
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as in speeds
to proceed or move quickly the presidential candidates jetted through the state for a week before racing off to the next primary

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • speeds
  • flies
  • races
  • travels
  • rushes
  • drives
  • trots
  • zips
  • chases
  • darts
  • scurries
  • rockets
  • hurries
  • motors
  • bowls
  • jumps
  • blasts
  • buzzes
  • rams
  • blows
  • scoots
  • runs
  • barrels
  • steps
  • bolts
  • dashes
  • zooms
  • tears
  • belts
  • bombs
  • cannonballs
  • shoots
  • breezes
  • scuttles
  • rips
  • courses
  • whirls
  • blazes
  • humps
  • bundles
  • careers
  • jogs
  • pelts
  • nips
  • hies
  • hurls
  • hares
  • highballs
  • hustles
  • whisks
  • hurtles
  • beats it
  • bustles
  • rustles
  • beetles
  • careens
  • scuds
  • hastens
  • gallops
  • streaks
  • hotfoots (it)
  • steps on it
  • makes tracks
  • cracks (on)
  • shakes a leg
  • gets a move on
  • sprints
  • scuffles
  • flits
  • arrows
  • scampers
  • accelerates
  • whizzes
  • stampedes
  • steps out
  • outruns
  • overtakes
  • quickens
  • outstrips
  • outpaces
  • beelines
  • catches up
  • fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • lags
  • pokes
  • drags
  • crawls
  • creeps
  • lingers
  • pokes
  • hangs (around or out)
  • loiters
  • strolls
  • tarries
  • dawdles
  • shuffles
  • dillydallies
  • saunters
  • dallies
  • decelerates
  • ambles
  • lumbers
  • plods
  • slows (down or up)
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