jockey

• vt. 駕駛；欺騙；移動
• n. 操作工；駕駛員；賽馬的騎師
• vi. 當賽馬的騎師；耍手段圖謀；搞欺騙

來自常見人名Jock昵稱，用來稱呼普通人或不認識的小夥。後用於指騎馬送信的信使，引申詞義賽馬騎師，同時，也用於指馬匹交易商，即horse-dealer,因這一職業存在許多欺騙行為，幹這一行的人名聲通常都不太好，引申詞義欺詐，耍花招等。

jockey (n.)

1520s, "boy, fellow," originally a Scottish proper name, variant of Jack. The meaning "person who rides horses in races" first attested 1660s.

jockey (v.)

1708, "trick, outwit, gain advantage," from jockey (n.) perhaps from its former additional sense of "horse trader" (1680s). Meaning "to ride a horse in a race" is from 1767. Related: Jockeyed; jockeying.

1. The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.

騎手說他經常會用鞭子抽馬。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Alexander is a famous jockey.

亞曆山大是著名的職業賽馬騎師.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The jockey rushed back from America to ride at Nottingham on Monday but went unrewarded.

那位職業賽馬騎師周一從美國趕回諾丁漢參加比賽，但是一無所獲。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The jockey was shaken up when he was thrown twice from his horse yesterday.

昨天賽馬騎師兩次從馬背上被摔下來，受驚了。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Although favorite to win the race, the champion jockey had an off day and was unplaced.

雖然那位第一流的職業騎手最有希望贏得比賽的勝利, 但他的身體感到不舒服,結果未得名次.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》