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词汇 jackknifing
释义 jackknifing
present participle ofjackknife
jackknife
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈdʒæk.naɪf/ us /ˈdʒæk.naɪf/
If a truck that has two parts jackknifes, one part moves around so far towards the other part that it cannot be driven: 弯成V字形(如铰接货车的弯折)
The oil tanker jackknifed after skidding on the ice.油罐车在冰上打滑,绞接的车身之间发生了弯折。
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Examples of jackknifing


jackknifing

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Single locus values were obtained by jackknifing over populations and overall values by jackknifing over loci.
The number of accidents in which jackknifing occurred was 447 in 1973.
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Other action under consideration includes the introduction of new requirements for braking to reduce the risks of jackknifing.
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This does not of course mean that jackknifing was necessarily a cause of these accidents.
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Jackknifing was not necessarily the cause of these accidents.
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But it should be pointed out that not all the 211 deaths were the result of jackknifing, but just with articulated vehicles.
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Is he aware that there are an increasing number of accidents by jackknifing of these articulated vehicles, many of them travelling greatly in excess of the speed limit?
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They have advanced safety systems, including specialized couplers designed to keep trains from rolling over, jackknifing, or derailing during a collision.
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Theoretically this was a sure way to prevent jackknifing, but truck drivers will have noticed the recent disappearance of this lever from their cabs.
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Jackknifing and bootstrapping, well-known statistical resampling procedures, have been employed with parsimony analysis.
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This is not the same as jackknifing and is not as serious since the trailer moves back into line as the vehicle continues forwards.
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Additionally, the hitch's location in the pickup's bed reduces the risk of jackknifing and allows for more maneuverability when backing.
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This disadvantage is usually the argument favoring bootstrapping over jackknifing.
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Azim's stress problems prove to be his undoing once again, and he gives up after repeatedly jackknifing at the halfway point.
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After the first accident occurred at 3:10 a.m., a second tractor-trailer, who had stopped because of the tanker, rolled in reverse, jackknifing across the road and hitting a car.
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