| 释义 |
ˈsmoke-jump, v. N. Amer.
[f. smoke n. + jump v.]
To jump by parachute from an aircraft, in order to extinguish a forest fire. Chiefly as vbl. n.
1942Fire Control Notes VI. 95 Parachute smoke jumping..has proved according to all reports, that such a method of attack on small fires is practical. 1949Amer. Forests Oct. 18/3 Smoke jumping is a hazardous occupation. 1958Amer. Speech XXXIII. 180 Smokejumping and the verb to smokejump appear frequently in newspapers. 1976Billings (Montana) Gaz. 11 July 1-d/4 As the blaze spread Friday, the state forestry agency supplied forces, and Missoula sent in two smoke-jumping crews by bus totaling about 40 men.
So ˈsmoke-jumper a forest-fire fighter who arrives by parachute.
1940Sci. Amer. Feb. 97/3 These experiments have proved entirely successful and the ‘smoke jumpers’ will be of inestimable value in preserving our forests. 1956Peterson & Fisher Wild America xxxi. 337 Fires are spotted and fought while they are still small. ‘Smoke jumpers’ parachute from planes to fires in the roadless back country. 1979Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. a 10/3 The lone survivor..was pulled from the wreckage by smoke jumpers called in to fight a small forest fire touched off by the crash. |