来自军事用语缩写词G.P.,全称为general purpose car.受当时流行的漫画人物大力英雄Eugene the Jeep影响，最终变成了jeep.
英文词源
jeep (n.)
early 1941, American English military slang, from G.P. "general purpose (car)," but influenced by Eugene the Jeep (who had extraordinary powers but only said "jeep"), from E.C. Segar's comic strip "Thimble Theater" (also home of Popeye the Sailor). Eugene the Jeep first appeared in the strip March 13, 1936. The vehicle was in development from 1940, and the Army planners' initial term for it was light reconnaissance and command car.
双语例句
1. The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off.
两名男子跳上吉普车，疾驰而去。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He put the jeep in four-wheel drive and splashed up the slope.
他将吉普车切换为四轮驱动模式后涉水爬上了坡。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The jeep was found lying in thick bush.
人们发现吉普车翻倒在一处茂密的丛林里。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The jeep has been blocked in by all those lorries.
吉普车已被那些卡车团团围住了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. He tooled the jeep skillfully along the jungle path.
