| 单词 | jumping-jack |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjumping-jack jumping-jack n. U.S. a beetle of the family Elateridæ; a click- or spring-beetle. ΚΠ 1865 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1861–4 5 416 There is scarcely an individual..to be found who is unacquainted with the ‘Spring-beetles’, or as they are often termed ‘jumping-Jacks’. jumping-jack jumping-jack n. a child's toy made out of the merry-thought of a fowl; a toy figure of a man, which is made to jump by being pulled with strings; also transferred: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > toy made from wishbone skipjack1805 jumping-jack1883 skip-bone1901 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > doll > other figures > [noun] > movable by string or wire puppet1538 marionettea1645 pantine1748 supplejack1776 supple Tam1825 string-jack1863 jumping-jack1883 monkey on a stick1926 1883 E. E. Hale in Harper's Mag. Jan. 277/1 Barley-candy statuettes, jumping-jacks, and other..toys. 1888 W. E. Henley & R. L. Stevenson Deacon Brodie (rev. ed.) ii. v. 40 He was my butt, my ape, my jumping-jack. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 26 May 3/2 By sailors the crested penguin is known by the name of the ‘jumping jack’, from its habit of jumping from the water. < as lemmas |
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