英:['hɜ:ki:dʒ'ɜ:kɪ]
美:['hɜkidʒ'ɜkɪ]
英:['hɜ:ki:dʒ'ɜ:kɪ]
美:['hɜkidʒ'ɜkɪ]
adj.
(动作)无规律的
忽起忽停的
(文章)不流畅的
东拉西扯的
herk·y-jerk·y
huhr ki juhr ki
adjective
characterized by sudden, irregular, or unpredictable movement or style
reduplication of jerky
The first known use of herky-jerky was in 1890
1 filmed in a herky-jerky style that will give many moviegoers a headache
2 Experts agree mid-drive bikes typically deliver a less herky-jerky ride, because the motor assist is integrated into the pedal crank itself.
3 While there are some harder throwers in the system, the Rangers have been impressed by the 25-year old’s fastball-slider combination, a herky-jerky delivery and a fastball that appears to be on a jet stream moving up to the batter’s eyes.
4 Today just seemed a little herky-jerky, a little out of character, out of tempo and rhythm.
5 Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which premieres its second season opposite the fourth and final season of Succession, is a series with herky-jerky mechanics.
6 In-betweeners don’t get the glory, but without them cartoons would be herky-jerky, lurching from angry pout to swaggering declaration with nothing smoothing the transition.
7 Bynum had eight points and four rebounds in 21 herky - jerky minutes.
拜纳姆在不规律的21分钟里,拿到8分和4个篮板.