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jacket

/ˈdʒækɪt/noun

उच्चारण जैकिट

जैकेट; आवरण

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a short piece of clothing with sleeves, worn over a shirt; an outer cover for a book; a cover that surrounds something to protect it

    जैकेट; आवरण

    • a leather jacket
    • a life jacket
    • Take a warm jacket for the evening.
    + 2 more examples
    • The waiter wore a white jacket.
    • She zipped up her jacket against the wind.

    Synonyms coat blazer anorak cover wrapper

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a jacket (countable noun)

A jacket is a short outer garment with sleeves. It is countable, so use a jacket, two jackets, and so on.

'Jacket' आस्तीनों वाला छोटा बाहरी वस्त्र है। यह countable noun है, इसलिए a jacket, two jackets आदि का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Radhika wore a woollen jacket over her kurta.
  • He bought two jackets in the winter sale.

jacket + of / in + material or colour

Use of for the material and in for the colour when you describe a jacket.

jacket का वर्णन करते समय material के लिए of और रंग के लिए in का प्रयोग होता है।

  • He wore a jacket of black leather.
  • The guard was in a bright yellow jacket.

dust jacket / book jacket / jacket potato

Jacket can also mean the paper cover of a book (a dust jacket or book jacket) or the skin of a baked potato (a jacket potato).

'Jacket' का अर्थ किताब का काग़ज़ी आवरण (dust jacket) या भुने आलू का छिलका (jacket potato) भी हो सकता है।

  • The jacket of the novel showed a lighthouse at sunset.
  • We had jacket potatoes with cheese at the canteen.

jacket vs coat vs blazer

A jacket is shorter and lighter than a coat, which usually reaches the knees; a blazer is a smart jacket worn with formal trousers, often as part of a school or office uniform.

Jacket, coat से छोटी और हल्की होती है (coat प्रायः घुटनों तक आता है); blazer औपचारिक पतलून के साथ पहनी जाने वाली सजीली jacket है, जो अक्सर स्कूल या दफ़्तर की वर्दी का हिस्सा होती है।

  • He wore a navy blazer to the interview and a light jacket to the picnic.
  • In Shimla we needed a heavy coat, not just a jacket.
+Collocations 5

adjective + jacket

leatherdenimpaddedlightwaterproofwoollen

  • Take a waterproof jacket, because it may rain in the hills.

verb + jacket

put ontake offzip upbutton uphang upwear

  • Hang up your jacket before you sit down to eat.

jacket + noun

pocketzipsleevecollarlining

  • She found her keys in the inside pocket of her jacket.

type of jacket

bomber jacketlife jacketdinner jacketsports jacketnehru jacket

  • Every passenger on the boat must wear a life jacket.

jacket + preposition

in a jacketwith a jacketunder the jacketover a jacket

  • The boy came to school in a torn jacket.
“More examples 6
  • It was a cold morning, so Arjun zipped up his jacket before leaving for the station.

सुबह ठंडी थी, इसलिए अर्जुन ने स्टेशन के लिए निकलने से पहले अपनी jacket की zip बंद कर ली।

  • The bridegroom wore a cream Nehru jacket over his kurta.

दूल्हे ने अपने कुर्ते के ऊपर क्रीम रंग की नेहरू जैकेट पहनी थी।

  • Please take your jacket off the chair; the guests need somewhere to sit.

कृपया अपनी jacket कुर्सी से हटा लें; मेहमानों को बैठने की जगह चाहिए।

  • The library copy had lost its jacket, but the book itself was in good condition.

पुस्तकालय की प्रति का आवरण खो गया था, पर किताब ठीक हालत में थी।

  • The lifeguard threw a life jacket to the boy in the water.

जीवन-रक्षक ने पानी में मौजूद लड़के की ओर life jacket फेंका।

  • The guard in a reflective jacket waved the traffic through the junction.

चमकीली jacket पहने गार्ड ने चौराहे से गाड़ियों को आगे बढ़ने का इशारा किया।

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“Collocations, idioms and sayings

Life jacket (a jacket that keeps you floating in water), straitjacket (a jacket that holds the arms tightly; something that limits freedom: 'an economic straitjacket'), dust jacket (a paper cover on a book), Nehru jacket (a hip-length Indian jacket with a mandarin collar).

Collocation अक्सर पूछा जाता है: life jacket (पानी में तैराए रखने वाली जैकेट), straitjacket (बाँहों को कसकर बाँधने वाली जैकेट; स्वतंत्रता सीमित करने वाली चीज़: 'an economic straitjacket'), dust jacket (किताब पर काग़ज़ी आवरण), Nehru jacket (मंदारिन कॉलर वाली कूल्हों तक की भारतीय जैकेट)।