- 1n/ˈdʒeɪkəb/雅各（男子名）
A common English first name for boys.
「Jacob」是英語裡很常見的男生名字，中文常譯成「雅各」。可以想成它就是一個人的名字，像中文的「家豪」或「志明」。它來自一個很古老的名字，在英語國家一直很受歡迎。當作名字時，第一個字母要大寫（Jacob）。
示範例句 · Example
Jacob sits next to me in our English class.
中文翻譯雅各在我們英文課坐我旁邊。
core核心畫面
You can picture Jacob simply as a label that points at a particular boy or man — a common English male first name, carrying no built-in meaning beyond 'this is who I am called'.
可以想成：Jacob 就是一個貼在某個男孩或男人身上的名牌，指認『這個人』而已。它是常見的英文男子名（雅各），本身不帶額外含義，作用比較像『我叫這個名字』這樣一個標籤。
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Jacobname/ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/
- 1
A male given name from Hebrew.
- "Georgette. How are you called?" "Jacob." "That's a Flemish name." "American too." "You're not a Flamand?" "No, American." "Good, I detest Flamands." - - - Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."
- Analysts and opinion polls had forecast losses for the ANC but a pivotal factor in the party’s staggering decline was former President Jacob Zuma and his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party, which capitalized on widespread discontent within the ANC’s traditional voter base.
- 2
biblicallifestylereligionA male given name from Hebrew.
- And the boyes grew; and Eſau was a cunning hunter, a man of the fielde: and Iacob was a plaine man, dwelling in tents.
- 3
A male given name from Hebrew.
Jacobnoun/ˈd͡ʒeɪkəb/
- 1
A breed of multihorned sheep.
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obsoleteslangA ladder.
- Where's the Jacob? — the what, sir? — the Jacob! the ladder ye fool!
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。