jake
jake — 名詞
1. a young male wild turkey that has not yet reached the age when it can mate — usu
小公火雞
未滿兩歲的雄性野生火雞
a young male wild turkey that has not yet reached the age when it can mate — usually between one and two years old
Ritu spotted a young jake walking behind a hen turkey near the creek.
Ritu 在小溪附近看見一隻小公火雞跟在一隻母火雞後面走。
countable noun with 'young' modifier
The wildlife officer said a jake has a shorter beard than an adult tom.
野生動物管理員說，小公火雞的羽毛鬚比成年公火雞短。
contrastive context: jake vs adult tom
The following spring, the young jake will grow into a mature tom with a beard.
到了隔年春天，這隻小公火雞就會長成一隻有鬍鬚的成熟公火雞。
Nellie checked the trail camera and counted three jakes among the flock.
Nellie 檢查了自動相機，在火雞群中數到三隻小公火雞。
Hunters in the group were asked to avoid shooting jakes so the population could recover.
他們要求狩獵小組不要射殺小公火雞，以便族群數量恢復。
- juvenile tom
less common; used mainly by wildlife biologists rather than hunters
文法句型
a jake
jake (as modifier)
用法筆記
This term belongs to American hunting and wildlife-management vocabulary. It is not part of general everyday English.
jake — 形容詞
1. in a good or acceptable condition — used in informal speech to say that a situat
沒問題；搞定
口語用法，表示一切順利或令人滿意
in a good or acceptable condition — used in informal speech to say that a situation, a thing, or a person's state is fine
Minho checked the engine and said everything was jake.
Minho 檢查了引擎，說一切都沒問題。
predicative use after 'be': everything was jake
Is the new schedule jake with you, or should we change it?
新的行程表你覺得可以嗎？還是我們應該改一下？
pattern: [something] jake with [someone]
The doctor looked at the test results and told us it was all jake.
醫生看了檢驗報告，跟我們說一切正常。
Don't worry about the noise — the neighbours said it's jake.
別擔心噪音的問題——鄰居說沒關係。
Talia asked if the hotel booking was jake before we left for the airport.
Talia 在我們出發去機場之前確認飯店的訂房沒問題。
文法句型
be jake
everything's jake
it's jake
用法筆記
Restricted to informal, especially spoken, contexts in American English. Almost always used predicatively — after a form of 'be' — not before a noun. Common in fixed phrases such as 'everything's jake' and 'it's jake.' The term is perceived as somewhat dated or rural.