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单词 puddle jumper
释义

puddle jumper

noun

informal
: a small airplane
To get there, you catch a puddle jumper out of Denver to Durango … Annie Leibovitz

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The runway was too short for long-haul private jets, and commercial service was spotty—mostly a puddle jumper operated by American Eagle a few times a week. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2022 The landing strip is now able to accommodate planes up to the size of a Boeing 737, meaning visitors no longer need to land in Barbados and transfer to a puddle jumper across to Canouan. Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2020 Into this landscape flies the brave orphan Atari, who has hijacked a puddle jumper in order to search for Spots. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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