Jockey

(noun.) someone employed to ride horses in horse races.

(noun.) an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; 'he's a truck jockey'; 'a computer jockey'; 'a disc jockey'.

(verb.) ride a racehorse as a professional jockey.

(verb.) compete (for an advantage or a position).

校对:威尔默

• If you keep her small enough and she's a boy, maybe he will be a jockey. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I have every hope, however, that your horse will start upon Tuesday, and I beg that you will have your jockey in readiness. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• He has served the Colonel for five years as jockey and for seven as trainer, and has always shown himself to be a zealous and honest servant. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The trainer, John Straker, is a retired jockey who rode in Colonel Ross's colors before he became too heavy for the weighing-chair. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Take care of yourself, jockey of Norfolk! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Pretty soon he'll feel bad because he can't join the Jockey Club, I guess, he thought. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• After some more wine I told the story of the jockey who found the penny. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The horses were coming back, through the gate, wet and sweating, the jockeys quieting them and riding up to dismount under the trees. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• And then, these exchanges, they don't answer when you have 'cute jockeys to deal with. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And the way in which she jockeyed Jos, and which she described with infinite fun, carried up his delight to a pitch of quite insane enthusiasm. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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