jack-in-the-box
千斤顶,千斤顶式,千斤顶式的,千斤顶式的盒子
Definitions
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plural jack-in-the-box·es.
- : a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
Examples
France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
Beside her was a box of bonbons, which she held out at intervals to Madame Ratignolle.
Strathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.
Now and then the boy who had bought Squinty, and who was taking him home, would look around at his pet in the slatted box.
The little pig in the box felt himself being lifted out of the wagon.