A jackal is a wild animal in the dog family. It lives in parts of Asia and Africa, looks like a small, slim dog or a small wolf, and is well known for eating what larger hunters leave — the remaining parts of dead animals — though jackals also hunt small prey and eat fruit. They often call at night.

A jackaljackal是 a wild animal in the dog family犬科的野生動物。It它 lives in parts of Asia and Africa生活在亞洲和非洲部分地區, looks like a small, slim dog or a small wolf外型像瘦小的狗或小狼, and而且 is well known for eating what larger hunters leave以吃大型掠食者剩下的東西聞名——the remaining parts of dead animals也就是死掉動物剩下的部分——though jackals also hunt small prey and eat fruit不過jackal也會獵捕小動物、吃水果。They牠們 often call at night常在夜裡叫。

People stretch the word to a human who hangs around a stronger person to pick up leftover gain, or who does the dirty work while someone else keeps the clean name. That stretch is unkind and a bit literary; the home meaning is the animal.

People stretch the word人們把這個字延伸使用, to指 a human who hangs around a stronger person to pick up leftover gain一個依附著更有勢力的人、撿人家剩下好處的人, or or who does the dirty work while someone else keeps the clean name或替人做骯髒事、卻讓別人留清白名聲的人。That stretch這種延伸用法 is是 unkind and a bit literary不客氣、也帶點文學味; the home meaning本義 is是 the animal那動物本身。

The English word looks like Jack, but it is not the name Jack and does not come from it. Informal-to-neutral: the animal sense is ordinary in nature writing; the human insult is sharper.

The English word這個英文字 looks like Jack看起來像Jack, but但 it它 is not不是 the name Jack人名Jack, and也 does not come from it不是從那來的。Informal-to-neutral從口語到中性都有: the animal sense動物的意思 is是 ordinary in nature writing自然寫作裡很常見; the human insult罵人的用法 is比較 sharper尖銳。