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单词 jones
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Definition of jones in English:

jones

noundʒəʊnzjōnz
US informal
  • A fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction.

    不正常的依恋;难以克制的欲望;瘾;癖好

    a two-year amphetamine jones

    历时两年的安非他明毒瘾。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That must have been some oxycontin jones he had.
    • My four-year-old son has developed a healthy gaming jones.
    • Seriously, this site has provoked my writerly instincts and definitely fed my Cyke jones.
    • The jones, the real smack was not the chemicals themselves, but the euphoria of the endless possibilities set off by the acquisition of the substance.
    • Satisfying your superhero jones can be tough when you're a comix snob like me.
    • So if you have a jones to live like a virtual Skywalker, and can get over the steep learning curve the game presents, and resign yourself to a fairly equal ratio of adventuring to downtime, Star Wars Galaxies can be great.
    • If you have a jones to get your kid into a dog named after a dog that you used to like 100 years ago, then this is the film for you.
    • I surf reasonably well, and a big day here in Southern Cal is enough to typically satisfy any jones I might have for a long drop-in.
    • When combined with protein powder and berries, this combo can eliminate your daffy java jones.
    • Of course, like any good addiction, my jones for television came back.
    Synonyms
    dependency, dependence, craving, habit, weakness, compulsion, fixation, enslavement
verbdʒəʊnzjōnz
[no object]jones on/forUS informal
  • Have a fixation on; be addicted to.

    对…上瘾;沉溺于

    Palmer was jonesing for some coke again

    帕尔默的可卡因毒瘾又犯了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If all the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter hype has you jonesing for some sci-fi or fantasy with a gay flavor, the Web can help you find it.
    • But I'm jonesing for New York's energy and all that.
    • Be honest, you've known for a while that Foster's been jonesing on you.
    • At any given time of day, junkies line up inside, jonesing for their over-the-counter drugs.
    • Just because there is a lot of ignorant, uneducated, unmotivated Bahamians jonesing on the streets of New Providence, doesn't mean that it has to be that way.
    • If you think that all of the other neo-realist European art films about forgiveness and parental grief weren't enough, and you were jonesing for one more, this is the movie for you.
    • Well, I'm jonesing for NOLA so bad right now, I just had lunch at Copeland's.
    • But more than that, free agents jonesing for some camaraderie get all the fun of a workplace that is free of office politics, brownnosing, and, of course, the dreaded boss.
    • Of course, one of the cool rules Jefferson was jonesing for was freedom of speech, a right that, evidently, Mr. Penn believes should apply to only individuals of the same philosophical bent as himself.
    • And as for the sweets thing, he must be jonesing for a candy bar big time, by now.
    • If the process is so… well… kind of gross… why, then, have people been jonesing for honey for tens of thousands of years?
    • So you have this Steven Spielberg movie that opened last Friday: The Terminal, about an Eastern European immigrant who winds up stateless and homeless, living in an airport and jonesing for the incomparable Catherine Zeta-Jones.
    • You'll be hearing plenty on the subject from me in the next few days, but in case you're left jonesing for more, check out our Social Security Archive.
    • Aside from constantly bagging out Cameron Diaz and publicly jonesing for a Spears wedding, she was involved with this gem.
    • I was jonesing for it as much as they wanted it for me.
    • Although an hour in the dentist office whitening chair isn't much to spare, the thought of dealing with the 24-hour kibosh on caffeine and other stain producing substances keeps us jonesing for an iced trippio, presto.
    • Everytime Lefties are deprived of power for any length of time at all, they start jonesing for it and get these sorts of D.T.s and hallucinations of an imminent totalitarian dawn.
    • When the weather starts to cool here and I'm jonesing for Manhattan Beach, I'll be visiting her palmtree-lined, azure-tinted Pacific Ocean musings even more.
    • Since generations of juniors will be jonesing for this film, there is really nothing negative this critic can say to dissuade you from potential ownership.
    • We had been jonesing for some authentic southern fried chicken, so Semper Fi went with Chris ‘Nitro’ McNerney to Dodge's.

Origin

1960s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts.

Definition of jones in US English:

jones

nounjōnz
US informal
  • A fixation on or compulsive desire for someone or something, typically a drug; an addiction.

    不正常的依恋;难以克制的欲望;瘾;癖好

    a two-year amphetamine jones

    历时两年的安非他明毒瘾。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course, like any good addiction, my jones for television came back.
    • So if you have a jones to live like a virtual Skywalker, and can get over the steep learning curve the game presents, and resign yourself to a fairly equal ratio of adventuring to downtime, Star Wars Galaxies can be great.
    • Seriously, this site has provoked my writerly instincts and definitely fed my Cyke jones.
    • That must have been some oxycontin jones he had.
    • My four-year-old son has developed a healthy gaming jones.
    • Satisfying your superhero jones can be tough when you're a comix snob like me.
    • The jones, the real smack was not the chemicals themselves, but the euphoria of the endless possibilities set off by the acquisition of the substance.
    • If you have a jones to get your kid into a dog named after a dog that you used to like 100 years ago, then this is the film for you.
    • When combined with protein powder and berries, this combo can eliminate your daffy java jones.
    • I surf reasonably well, and a big day here in Southern Cal is enough to typically satisfy any jones I might have for a long drop-in.
    Synonyms
    dependency, dependence, craving, habit, weakness, compulsion, fixation, enslavement
verbjōnz
[no object]jones on/forUS informal
  • Have a fixation on; be addicted to.

    对…上瘾;沉溺于

    Palmer was jonesing for some coke again

    帕尔默的可卡因毒瘾又犯了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Be honest, you've known for a while that Foster's been jonesing on you.
    • And as for the sweets thing, he must be jonesing for a candy bar big time, by now.
    • Well, I'm jonesing for NOLA so bad right now, I just had lunch at Copeland's.
    • Everytime Lefties are deprived of power for any length of time at all, they start jonesing for it and get these sorts of D.T.s and hallucinations of an imminent totalitarian dawn.
    • Since generations of juniors will be jonesing for this film, there is really nothing negative this critic can say to dissuade you from potential ownership.
    • I was jonesing for it as much as they wanted it for me.
    • So you have this Steven Spielberg movie that opened last Friday: The Terminal, about an Eastern European immigrant who winds up stateless and homeless, living in an airport and jonesing for the incomparable Catherine Zeta-Jones.
    • Of course, one of the cool rules Jefferson was jonesing for was freedom of speech, a right that, evidently, Mr. Penn believes should apply to only individuals of the same philosophical bent as himself.
    • We had been jonesing for some authentic southern fried chicken, so Semper Fi went with Chris ‘Nitro’ McNerney to Dodge's.
    • Although an hour in the dentist office whitening chair isn't much to spare, the thought of dealing with the 24-hour kibosh on caffeine and other stain producing substances keeps us jonesing for an iced trippio, presto.
    • Aside from constantly bagging out Cameron Diaz and publicly jonesing for a Spears wedding, she was involved with this gem.
    • If all the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter hype has you jonesing for some sci-fi or fantasy with a gay flavor, the Web can help you find it.
    • If you think that all of the other neo-realist European art films about forgiveness and parental grief weren't enough, and you were jonesing for one more, this is the movie for you.
    • Just because there is a lot of ignorant, uneducated, unmotivated Bahamians jonesing on the streets of New Providence, doesn't mean that it has to be that way.
    • If the process is so… well… kind of gross… why, then, have people been jonesing for honey for tens of thousands of years?
    • But more than that, free agents jonesing for some camaraderie get all the fun of a workplace that is free of office politics, brownnosing, and, of course, the dreaded boss.
    • You'll be hearing plenty on the subject from me in the next few days, but in case you're left jonesing for more, check out our Social Security Archive.
    • At any given time of day, junkies line up inside, jonesing for their over-the-counter drugs.
    • When the weather starts to cool here and I'm jonesing for Manhattan Beach, I'll be visiting her palmtree-lined, azure-tinted Pacific Ocean musings even more.
    • But I'm jonesing for New York's energy and all that.

Origin

1960s: said to come from Jones Alley, in Manhattan, associated with drug addicts.

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