jibe

• vt. 嘲笑；嘲弄；符合；相一致；
• vi. （=gibe）譏笑﹑ 嘲弄
• n. 嘲弄; 嘲諷
• v. (=gybe) 順風時將船帆自一舷轉向另一舷以改變方向.

來自gibe拚寫變體，可能來自中古法語gaber,嘲笑，嘲諷，擬聲詞，詞源同gab,jape.

詞源不詳，可能來自jib,轉帆，引申詞義一致，相符。

jibe (v.)

"agree, fit," 1813, of unknown origin, perhaps a figurative extension of earlier jib, gybe (v.) "shift a sail or boom" (see jib). OED, however, suggests a phonetic variant of chime, as if meaning "to chime in with, to be in harmony." Related: Jibed; jibes; jibing.

jibe (n.)

"a taunt," alternative spelling of gibe.

1. The numbers don't jibe.

數字不一致。

來自柯林斯例句

2. What he says does not jibe with what others say.

他所說的與其他人說的不一致.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Her story didn't jibe with the witnesses'account.

她的說法和證人的描述有出入.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The bank is clearly fed up with the constant jibe that it has no clear management strategy.

銀行顯然已經聽厭了那些嘲諷其缺乏明確管理策略的風涼話。

來自柯林斯例句

5. How did your expectations jibe with the reality?

你的期望和現實有多大差距？

來自辭典例句