Jacob
英['d?eik?b]
美
- n. 雅各（以色列人的祖先）；雅各布（男子名）
英文詞源
- Jacob
- masc. proper name, name of Old Testament patriarch, son of Isaac and Rebecca and father of the founders of the twelve tribes, from Late Latin Iacobus, from Greek Iakobos, from Hebrew Ya'aqobh, literally "one that takes by the heel" (Gen. xxviii:12), a derivative of 'aqebh "heel." The most popular name for boys born in the U.S. from 1999 through 2008. Jacob's ladder, in various transferred uses from 1733, is from Gen. xxviii:12.
雙語例句
- 1. Jacob Sinclair met his death at the hands of a soldier.
- 雅各布·辛克萊在一名士兵的手里送了命。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He wrenched the crutch from Jacob, who didn'tfight him for it.
- 他猛地搶走了雅各布的拐杖，而雅各布并沒有反抗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Rachel was going to do something about Jacob.
- 蕾切爾將對雅各布有所行動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Jacob was silent so long that Livvy interposed.
- 雅各布沉默的時間太長了，莉薇只好插話了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Almighty God / God Almighty appeared to Jacob in the land of Canaan.
- 全能之神在迦南福地對雅各顯靈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》