"to pull," 1540s, "to lash, strike as with a whip," of uncertain origin, perhaps echoic. Related: Jerked; jerking.
jerk (v.2)
as a method of preserving meat, 1707, American English, from American Spanish carquear, from charqui (see jerky). Related: Jerked.
jerk (n.2)
"tedious and ineffectual person," 1935 (the lyric in "Big Rock Candy Mountain" apparently is "Where they hung the Turk [not jerk] that invented work"), American English carnival slang, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from jerkwater town (1878), where a steam locomotive crew had to take on boiler water from a trough or a creek because there was no water tank [Barnhart, OED]. This led 1890s to an adjectival use of jerk as "inferior, insignificant." Alternatively, or influenced by, verbal phrase jerk off "masturbate" [Rawson].
jerk (n.1)
1550s, "stroke of a whip," from jerk (v.1). Sense of "sudden sharp pull or twist" first recorded 1570s. Meaning "involuntary spasmodic movement of limbs or features" first recorded 1805. As the name of a popular dance, it is attested from 1966. Sense in soda jerk attested from 1883, from the pulling motion required to work the taps.
jerk 双语例句
1. He indicated the bedroom with a jerk of his head.
他扭头指了指卧室的方向。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He felt his head jerk reflexively.
他感到他的头反射性地动了一下。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Don't jerk me around, Mr Crook.
别耍我，克鲁克先生。
来自柯林斯例句
4. It was a knee-jerk reaction on her part.
这是她未加思索做出的反应。
来自《权威词典》
5. The knife was stuck but she pulled it out with a jerk.