• vt. 搶劫；揩油
• vi. 攔路搶劫
• n. 劫持；威逼；敲詐

hi-,縮寫自highway,公路，干道，-jack,詞義不確定，可能來自人名Jack,代指土匪無賴，后詞義通用化。

hijack (v.)

1922, American English, perhaps from high(way) + jacker "one who holds up." Originally "to rob (a bootlegger, smuggler, etc.) in transit;" sense of "seizing an aircraft in flight" is 1968 (also in 1961 variant skyjack), extended 1970s to any form of public transportation. Related: Hijacked; hijacking.

1. Every minute during the hijack seemed like a week.

被劫持過程中，每一分鐘都過得如同一周那么漫長(zhǎng)。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The front page is devoted to the continuing saga of the hijack.

頭版是對(duì)劫持事件的連續(xù)報(bào)道。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.

大多數(shù)國(guó)家拒絕對(duì)劫機(jī)者提供庇護(hù).

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

4. Two men tried to hijack a plane on a flight from Riga to Murmansk.

兩名男子試圖劫持一架從里加飛往摩爾曼斯克的飛機(jī)。

來自柯林斯例句

5. He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane.

他鋌而走險(xiǎn)，企圖劫持一架飛機(jī)。

來自辭典例句