bungee

/buhn-jee/US // ˈbʌn dʒi //

蹦极,蹦蹦跳跳,蹦蹦跳跳的,蹦极运动

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Aeronautics. any of certain springs or elastic tension devices, as the springs attached to movable controls of aircraft to facilitate their manipulation.
- : bungee cord.

Research has shown that they are likelier to be risk-takers—skydivers and bungee jumpers as opposed to skiers and polo players.
A bungee system straps down any sweat- or rain-soaked layers that need to air out.
My chair, which uses bungee cables as the back support and which I purchased at a steep discount from a Target in Florida, has served me well for close to a decade.
Even more luckily, that bungee cord was short enough to keep it from crashing.
Even a brief dive—a bungee jump, if you will—would be scary indeed.
Harvey: Things like bungee-jumping or skydiving scare me, but not because of the height.