- jibe (at somebody/something)
an unkind or offensive remark about somebody Topics Personal qualitiesc2嘲讽;嘲弄;讥讽 - (North American English) (also gybe especially in British English)
an act of changing direction when sailing with the wind behind you, by moving the sail from one side of the boat to the other 吉贝(jibe): 当风在您身后航行时,通过将帆从船的一侧移到另一侧来改变方向
Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 16th cent. (as a verb): perhaps from Old French giber ‘handle roughly’ (in modern dialect ‘kick’); compare with the verb jib.