jack-in-the-pulpit
千斤顶,千斤顶式,千斤顶式的,千斤顶式样
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plural jack-in-the-pul·pits.
- : A North American plant, Arisaema triphyllum, of the arum family, having an upright spadix arched over by a green or striped purplish-brown spathe.
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.
Strathland would bundle me out in ten minutes if anything happened to Jack.
She is immensely rich, one of the ablest political women in London, and Jack is desperately in love with her.
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
How on earth can Jack find time to think about women with the immense amount of work he gets through?