Definition of Jack the Lad in English:

Jack the Lad

noun

British informal

A brash, cocky young man.
〈非正式〉傲慢无礼的年轻人
a cocky Jack the Lad who neglected academic study
as modifier a Jack the Lad sex symbol
Example sentencesExamples
- Monogamy has never meant much to Jack the Lad, who admits he repeatedly lied to Anjelica during their 17-year relationship.
- These men were violent, but there has always been a tendency to give them the folk-hero treatment, as if they were typical Jack the Lads and brightly representative of a certain working-class resourcefulness in the face of Britain's postwar austerity.
- I learnt to get on with them, I just wanted to be something I wasn't, a bit of a Jack the Lad and it was the start of a rocky ride really.
- Good old Les, a bit of a rogue, a bit of a Jack the Lad, but basically, as Eamonn says ‘a good man’…
- Your other brother, Abbas, nails a great job in Brussels after a fun-filled adolescence as Jack the Lad.

Origin

Nickname of Jack Sheppard, an 18th-century thief.

Definition of Jack the Lad in US English:

Jack the Lad

noun

British informal

A brash, cocky young man.
〈非正式〉傲慢无礼的年轻人
a cocky Jack the Lad who neglected academic study
as modifier a Jack the Lad sex symbol
Example sentencesExamples
- These men were violent, but there has always been a tendency to give them the folk-hero treatment, as if they were typical Jack the Lads and brightly representative of a certain working-class resourcefulness in the face of Britain's postwar austerity.
- Your other brother, Abbas, nails a great job in Brussels after a fun-filled adolescence as Jack the Lad.
- Good old Les, a bit of a rogue, a bit of a Jack the Lad, but basically, as Eamonn says ‘a good man’…
- I learnt to get on with them, I just wanted to be something I wasn't, a bit of a Jack the Lad and it was the start of a rocky ride really.
- Monogamy has never meant much to Jack the Lad, who admits he repeatedly lied to Anjelica during their 17-year relationship.

Origin

Nickname of Jack Sheppard, an 18th-century thief.

单词	Jack the Lad
释义	Definition of Jack the Lad in English: Jack the Lad noun British informal A brash, cocky young man. 〈非正式〉傲慢无礼的年轻人 a cocky Jack the Lad who neglected academic study as modifier a Jack the Lad sex symbol Example sentencesExamples Monogamy has never meant much to Jack the Lad, who admits he repeatedly lied to Anjelica during their 17-year relationship. These men were violent, but there has always been a tendency to give them the folk-hero treatment, as if they were typical Jack the Lads and brightly representative of a certain working-class resourcefulness in the face of Britain's postwar austerity. I learnt to get on with them, I just wanted to be something I wasn't, a bit of a Jack the Lad and it was the start of a rocky ride really. Good old Les, a bit of a rogue, a bit of a Jack the Lad, but basically, as Eamonn says ‘a good man’… Your other brother, Abbas, nails a great job in Brussels after a fun-filled adolescence as Jack the Lad. Origin Nickname of Jack Sheppard, an 18th-century thief. Definition of Jack the Lad in US English: Jack the Lad noun British informal A brash, cocky young man. 〈非正式〉傲慢无礼的年轻人 a cocky Jack the Lad who neglected academic study as modifier a Jack the Lad sex symbol Example sentencesExamples These men were violent, but there has always been a tendency to give them the folk-hero treatment, as if they were typical Jack the Lads and brightly representative of a certain working-class resourcefulness in the face of Britain's postwar austerity. Your other brother, Abbas, nails a great job in Brussels after a fun-filled adolescence as Jack the Lad. Good old Les, a bit of a rogue, a bit of a Jack the Lad, but basically, as Eamonn says ‘a good man’… I learnt to get on with them, I just wanted to be something I wasn't, a bit of a Jack the Lad and it was the start of a rocky ride really. Monogamy has never meant much to Jack the Lad, who admits he repeatedly lied to Anjelica during their 17-year relationship. Origin Nickname of Jack Sheppard, an 18th-century thief.
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