| 单词 | jumping-off place |
| 释义 | jumping-off place[ juhm-ping-awf, -of ] / ˈdʒʌm pɪŋˈɔf, -ˈɒf / SEE SYNONYMS FOR jumping-off place ON THESAURUS.COM nouna place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe. an out-of-the-way place; the farthest limit of anything settled or civilized. Origin of jumping-off placeAn Americanism dating back to 1820–30 Words nearby jumping-off placejumping gene, jumping genes, jumping hare, jumping jack, jumping mouse, jumping-off place, jumping-off place or point, jumping plant louse, jumping spider, jump jet, jump jockey Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for jumping-off placejumping-off place jumping-off pointnouna starting point, as in an enterprise a final or extreme condition Canadian a place where one leaves civilization to go into the wilderness US a very remote spot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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