| 单词 | smoke-jumper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsmoke-jumper ˈsmoke-jumper n. a forest-fire fighter who arrives by parachute. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > parachutist > fire-fighter smoke-jumper1940 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > specific bitterc1467 engineman1724 pipeman1763 vamp1877 nozzle man1885 pumper1912 smoke-jumper1940 tillerman1968 first responder1975 1940 Sci. Amer. Feb. 97/3 These experiments have proved entirely successful and the ‘smoke jumpers’ will be of inestimable value in preserving our forests. 1956 R. T. Peterson & J. Fisher Wild Amer. xxxi. 337 Fires are spotted and fought while they are still small. ‘Smoke jumpers’ parachute from planes to fires in the roadless back country. 1979 Arizona 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. < as lemmas |
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