1590s, "pertaining to the throat or neck" (especially in reference to the great veins of the neck), from Modern Latin jugularis, from Latin iugulum "collarbone, throat, neck," diminutive of iugum "yoke," related to iungere "to join," from PIE *yeug- "to join" (cognates: Sanskrit yugam "yoke," yunjati "binds, harnesses," yogah "union;" Hittite yugan "yoke;" Greek zygon "yoke," zeugnyanai "to join, unite;" Old Church Slavonic igo, Old Welsh iou "yoke;" Lithuanian jungas "yoke," jungiu "fastened in a yoke;" Old English geoc "yoke;" probably also Latin iuxta "close by"). As a noun, 1610s, from the adjective.
雙語例句
1. Mr Black went for the jugular, asking intimate sexual questions.
布萊克先生直攻要害，問起了性方麵的隱私問題。
來自柯林斯例句
2. To improve the recognition of jugular phlebectasia in children.
目的:提高臨床對頸靜脈擴張症的認識.
來自互聯網
3. Bilateral internal jugular vein stenting is also a rare procedure.