| 单词 | puddle-jumper |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuddle-jumper puddle-jumper n. U.S. colloquial a small vehicle typically used for short journeys or noted for manoeuvrability, esp. a small, light aeroplane. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] > swift and manoeuvrable puddle-jumper1917 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > small or light aircraft light aircraft1913 puddle-jumper1917 light plane1923 runabout1932 runabout plane1966 ultralight1974 microlight1980 trike1981 1917 Chicago Tribune 14 Sept. 6/3 A Wisconsin customer refers to his 4d [sc. four-door automobile] as a ‘puddle-jumper’. 1924 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 1 Aug. 17/4 The U.S. Air Mail ‘puddle-jumper’, so named because it gets in and out of pastures and other small areas. 1944 Newsweek 2 Oct. 31/2 A ‘puddle jumper’ observation plane with bazookas fixed on the wings dove down and knocked out two of the tanks. 1961 ‘A. A. Fair’ Stop at Red Light (1962) viii. 127 I had to take a puddle-jumper with stops in Chicago, Denver and Salt Lake City. 2003 L. Faderman Naked in Promised Land xvi. 310 I race to catch the seven-forty puddle-jumper to Fresno—fifty minutes in the sky. < as lemmas |
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