jayhawker
发音
How to pronounce jayhawker in British English:
英 ['dʒeɪˌhɔ:kə]
How to pronounce jayhawker in American English:
美 ['dʒeɪˌhɔkə]
单词词源
- jayhawker (n.)
- American English, 1858, originally "freebooter, guerrilla, Kansas irregular" (especially one who came from the North). Hence back-formed verb jayhawk "harass" (1866).