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单词 jacket
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
jack•et /ˈdʒækɪt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Clothinga short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
  2. an article like a piece of clothing, designed to be placed around the body, but used for some purpose other than as clothing. Compare life jacket,straitjacket.
  3. a protective outer covering, as the plastic around a wire, a casing for a bullet, or a wrapper for a book.
  4. the skin of a potato, esp. when it has been cooked.
jack•et•ed, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
jack•et  ( jakit),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Clothinga short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
  2. something designed to be placed around the upper part of the body for a specific purpose other than use as clothing:a life jacket.
  3. a protective outer covering.
  4. the skin of a potato, esp. when it has been cooked.
  5. See book jacket. 
  6. the cover of a paperbound book, usually bearing an illustration.
  7. Sound Reproductiona paper or cardboard envelope for protecting a phonograph record.
  8. a metal casing, as the steel covering of a cannon, the steel cover around the core of a bullet, or the water jacket on certain types of machine guns.
  9. a folded paper or open envelope containing an official document.

v.t. 
  1. to put a jacket on (someone or something).
  • Middle French ja(c)quet, equivalent. to jaque jack3 + -et -et
  • late Middle English jaket 1425–75
jacket•ed, adj. 
jacket•less, adj. 
jacket•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
jacket /ˈdʒækɪt/ n
  1. a short coat, esp one that is hip-length and has a front opening and sleeves
  2. something that resembles this or is designed to be worn around the upper part of the body: a life jacket
  3. any exterior covering or casing, such as the insulating cover of a boiler
  4. See dust jacket
  5. the skin of a baked potato
  6. (as modifier): jacket potatoes
vb
  1. (transitive) to put a jacket on (someone or something)
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French jaquet short jacket, from jacque peasant, from proper name Jacques James

ˈjacketed adj
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