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单词 Jekyll and Hyde
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Definition of Jekyll and Hyde in English:

Jekyll and Hyde

nounˌdʒɛk(ə)l ən(d) ˈhʌɪd
  • usually as modifier Used in reference to a person or thing that alternately displays two different sides to their character or nature.

    former colleagues said he was a Jekyll and Hyde character
    a real Jekyll and Hyde side who can be brilliant one week and awful the next
    he was a Jekyll and Hyde—a smart, ambitious student who had been accepted into West Point but had a dark side
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yet there is a Jekyll and Hyde quality to this book.
    • That's the thing about Edinburgh; it's almost become a cliché but it really is a Jekyll and Hyde city.
    • In conversation, it's surprising how open he appears to be; until you realise that you've spent an evening with a Jekyll and Hyde character, and you're no closer to understanding what makes him tick.
    • Living with a Jekyll and Hyde, forever walking on eggshells, is no way to live.
    • York, pretty as a postcard, complete with genteel tearooms, but day to night can seem like a Jekyll and Hyde transformation.
    • The club has displayed a Jekyll and Hyde personality.
    • Kyles are a Jekyll and Hyde outfit: at home they are a match for most teams; away they have struggled to put out a quality side.
    • The Gazette described us a Jekyll and Hyde side and that has summed us up exactly so far this season.
    • Teenagers have a reputation for possessing something of a Jekyll and Hyde streak.
    • Stirling produced a Jekyll and Hyde performance which left their supporters frustrated as well as dismayed.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Robert Louis Stevenson's story The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (see Jekyll, Dr).

Definition of Jekyll and Hyde in US English:

Jekyll and Hyde

nounˌdʒɛkəl (ə)n ˈhaɪdˌjekəl (ə)n ˈhīd
  • usually as modifier Used in reference to a person or thing that alternately displays two different sides to their character or nature.

    former colleagues said he was a Jekyll and Hyde character
    he was a Jekyll and Hyde—a smart, ambitious student who had a dark side
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Gazette described us a Jekyll and Hyde side and that has summed us up exactly so far this season.
    • Living with a Jekyll and Hyde, forever walking on eggshells, is no way to live.
    • Stirling produced a Jekyll and Hyde performance which left their supporters frustrated as well as dismayed.
    • Teenagers have a reputation for possessing something of a Jekyll and Hyde streak.
    • York, pretty as a postcard, complete with genteel tearooms, but day to night can seem like a Jekyll and Hyde transformation.
    • Yet there is a Jekyll and Hyde quality to this book.
    • In conversation, it's surprising how open he appears to be; until you realise that you've spent an evening with a Jekyll and Hyde character, and you're no closer to understanding what makes him tick.
    • That's the thing about Edinburgh; it's almost become a cliché but it really is a Jekyll and Hyde city.
    • The club has displayed a Jekyll and Hyde personality.
    • Kyles are a Jekyll and Hyde outfit: at home they are a match for most teams; away they have struggled to put out a quality side.

Origin

Late 19th century: from Robert Louis Stevenson's story The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (see Jekyll, Dr).

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