1922, American English, perhaps from high(way) + jacker "one who holds up." Originally "to rob (a bootlegger, smuggler, etc.) in transit;" sense of "seizing an aircraft in flight" is 1968 (also in 1961 variant skyjack), extended 1970s to any form of public transportation. Related: Hijacked; hijacking.
雙語例句
1. Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.
被劫持過程中，每一分鍾都過得如同一周那麽漫長。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.
頭版是對劫持事件的連續報道。
來自《權威詞典》
3. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.
大多數國家拒絕對劫機者提供庇護.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.