jacket
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ldoce_901_djack·et /ˈdʒækɪt/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] 1 
DCCa short light coat 夹克，短上衣a leather/denim/linen etc jacket a suede jacket 绒面革夹克 → bomber jacket, dinner jacket, life jacket, straitjacket(1)2 the part of a suit that covers the top part of your body 西装上衣 Gene has to wear a jacket and tie to work. 吉恩上班得穿西装打领带。 tweed jackets 粗花呢西装上衣 → sports jacket3. TCNa stiff piece of folded paper that fits over the cover of a book to protect it 〔书籍的〕护封；书套 SYN dust jacket4. American EnglishTCRD a stiff paper cover that protects a record 唱片封套 SYN British English sleeve5. COVERa cover that surrounds and protects some types of machines 〔某些机器的〕外罩，保护罩
DCCa short light coat 夹克，短上衣a leather/denim/linen etc jacket a suede jacket 绒面革夹克 → bomber jacket, dinner jacket, life jacket, straitjacket(1)2 the part of a suit that covers the top part of your body 西装上衣 Gene has to wear a jacket and tie to work. 吉恩上班得穿西装打领带。 tweed jackets 粗花呢西装上衣 → sports jacket3. TCNa stiff piece of folded paper that fits over the cover of a book to protect it 〔书籍的〕护封；书套 SYN dust jacket4. American EnglishTCRD a stiff paper cover that protects a record 唱片封套 SYN British English sleeve5. COVERa cover that surrounds and protects some types of machines 〔某些机器的〕外罩，保护罩Examples from the Corpus
jacket• He found himself tending toward a jacket and tie.• I told the bartender it was a jacket, most definitely.• a jacket and tie• She had short dark hair, wore well-cut trousers, a green country jacket and long, mud-splashed boots.• a denim jacket• This will go through a down jacket.• Having taken off their jackets and rolled up their trouser bottoms, the fathers worked barefoot in shirt sleeves.• As a result, the traditional party outfit of flamboyant cravat and tweed jacket has been replaced by the ninety-nine-pound wool suit.• No, at a ceremony at the cenotaph he wore the wrong jacket!a leather/denim/linen etc jacket• He was wearing denim jeans and a denim jacket.• A good pair of jeans like Levi's - and a leather jacket.• Soon afterwards a figure in a leather jacket emerged.• At the very back was a man in a leather jacket.• The day's most successful report is the interview with a young boy accused of stealing a leather jacket.• Ian James walked in during the early hours of the morning and stole a leather jacket and a handbag from the hall.• Police arrested the alleged thief after catching him stuffing a leather jacket and a. 22 caliber revolver under a parked car.• He was wearing a leather jacket with one sleeve torn off.Origin jacket (1400-1500) French jaquet, from jaque “short coat”, probably from jacque “poor farmer”, from the male name Jacques “James”jack·et nounChineseSyllable
Corpus light coat a short
jacket
jack‧et S2 W3 /ˈdʒækət, ˈdʒækɪt/
noun [countable]
1. a short light coat
a leather/denim/linen etc jacket
a suede jacket ⇨ bomber jacket, dinner jacket, life jacket, straitjacket(1)
2. the part of a suit that covers the top part of your body:
Gene has to wear a jacket and tie to work.
tweed jackets ⇨ sports jacket
3. a stiff piece of folded paper that fits over the cover of a book to protect it
SYN dust jacket
4. American English a stiff paper cover that protects a record
SYN sleeve British English
5. a cover that surrounds and protects some types of machines
jack‧et S2 W3 /ˈdʒækət, ˈdʒækɪt/
noun [countable] Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: jaquet, from jaque 'short coat', probably from jacque 'poor farmer', from the male name Jacques 'James'
Language: French
Origin: jaquet, from jaque 'short coat', probably from jacque 'poor farmer', from the male name Jacques 'James'
1. a short light coat
a leather/denim/linen etc jacket
2. the part of a suit that covers the top part of your body:
3. a stiff piece of folded paper that fits over the cover of a book to protect it
SYN dust jacket
4. American English a stiff paper cover that protects a record
SYN sleeve British English
5. a cover that surrounds and protects some types of machines
especially