| 单词 | dunk tank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdunk tank dunk tank n. originally U.S. an attraction at a fairground, fund-raising event, etc., at which contestants throw balls at a target, with the aim of triggering a mechanism that causes a seated person to drop into a tank of water (or occasionally some other liquid). ΚΠ 1950 Albany (Oregon) Democrat-Herald 12 Dec. (91st Anniv. ed.) (Sweet Home section) 9/4 During Sweet Home Frontier Days, the club had a ‘dunk tank’ at the concession grounds and all funds were turned over to the swimming pool fund. 1986 L. Erdrich Beet Queen (1989) iv. xiv. 310 The Lion's Club had constructed a dunk tank as a community fund-raising device. 2007 D. Grassi Bumping into God in Kitchen xiii. 88 It was an old-fashioned dunk tank... Contestants..had bought three balls for a dollar in hopes of hitting the bull's-eye and dropping the jeering person in the tank into the water. < as lemmas |
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