English Dictionary

jib

IPA（発音記号）

/d͡ʒɪb/

動詞

比喩的用法

To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse). / (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.

日本語の意味

（馬などが）前進を拒み、進むのを止めること / （比喩的に）物事の進行を中断する、または進むのをためらうこと

The horse began to jib just as we reached the narrow bridge, forcing us to dismount.

馬は狭い橋に差し掛かったときに立ち止まり、進もうとしなかったため、私たちは降りなければなりませんでした。

意味（1）

To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse).

“Who calls, who calls?” cried Essper; a shout was the only answer. There was no path, but the underwood was low, and Vivian took his horse, an old forester, across it with ease. Essper’s jibbed.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.

“What say you to the young lady herself?” said Craigengelt; “the finest young woman in all Scotland, one that you used to be so fond of when she was cross, and now she consents to have you, and gives up her engagement with Ravenswood, you are for jibbing. I must say, the devil’s in ye, when ye neither know what you would have nor what you would want.”

jibs （ present singular third-person ）

jibbing （ participle present ）

jibbed （ participle past ）

jibbed （ past ）