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单词 base jumper
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base jumpern.

Brit. /ˈbeɪs ˌdʒʌmpə/, U.S. /ˈbeɪs ˌdʒəmpər/
Forms: 1900s– BASE jumper, 1900s– B.A.S.E. jumper, 1900s– Base jumper, 1900s– base jumper.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English BASE , jumper n.1
Etymology: < BASE, acronym (see base jump n.) + jumper n.1, after base jump n. Compare later base jump v.
Originally U.S.
A person who engages in base jumping.
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1981 Texas Monthly Dec. 300/3 When not jumping off the Texas Commerce Tower, Smitty and the rest of the base jumpers were going off other fixed objects.
1989 USA Today 19 Oct. c10/1 It might not sound safe, but base jumpers—4,000 worldwide—say this is the second safest site, behind El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park.
2000 C. Donaldson Skydive viii. 110/1 In situations where a base jumper leaps from a building or similar structure in a highly populated area, it can be argued that the general public are put at risk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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