| 单词 |
jukskei |
| 释义 |
jukskei S. Afr.|ˈjœːkskeɪ|
Also jeuk skei, jukschei. Pl. jukskeie, jukskeis.
[Afrikaans, f. juk yoke + skei pin, skey n.2; cf. yoke-skey.]
1. A yoke-skey.
1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. viii. 151 The yokes are straight, and pierced with two pair of mortices to receive the jukschei which fits in loosely, and answer to what in English husbandry are called the bows. 1871Lord & Baines Shifts & Expedients Camp Life ix. 452 Near each end are two mortices..through which to pass the ‘jeuk skeis’, or yoke keys, which keep it in place on the neck of the ox. 1971Evening Post Mag. (Port Elizabeth) 27 Feb. 2 A stinkwood yoke, with ‘jukskeis’, serves as a hatstand.
2. A quoits-like game; the bottle-shaped ‘quoit’ used in this game.
[1934C. P. Swart Africanderisms (M.A. Thesis, S. Afr.), Jukskeigooi, a game, very similar to quoits, played by the Boers, a skey being used instead of the customary circular ring.] 1942Cape Times 10 Nov. 4/2 Saturday's Jukskei results were as expected. 1947Ibid. 21 Apr. 7 The jukskeis were brought..by Mr. Tom Naude. 1950S. de Wet Hour of Breath ix. 69 In the late afternoon we used to play Jukskei on the river bank below our houses. 1956Cape Times 26 Jan. 1/1 A few minutes after throwing about six practice jukskeie at the Newlands circus grounds..Mr. P. A. Meiring..dropped dead. 1971Progress (Cape Town) May 2/4 No one has challenged us at jukskei. |
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