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jack-o'-lantern

/jak-uh-lan-tern/US // ˈdʒæk əˌlæn tərn //

南瓜灯,南瓜灯笼,南瓜花,千斤顶

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a hollowed pumpkin with openings cut to represent human eyes, nose, and mouth and in which a candle or other light may be placed, traditionally made for display at Halloween.
    • : a commercially made lantern resembling this.
    • : any phenomenon of light, as a corona discharge or an ignis fatuus.
    • : a poisonous luminescent orange fungus, Omphalotus olearius, often found in clusters at the base of hardwood tree stumps.

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Examples

  • Starting in the 1970s, then MPAA president Jack Valenti began what was to become a decades-long fight against the quota system.

  • Heinold's First and Last Chance, Oakland (Jack London, Taft) You can thank Johnny Heinold for your favorite Jack London book.

  • And so the “Glo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ria” in this number earns it a spot on my list.

  • But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.

  • As I size up the scene, Jack White now wears the crown … and he wears it well.

  • 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.

  • O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!

  • She is immensely rich, one of the ablest political women in London, and Jack is desperately in love with her.

  • D'o l'on peut aussy veoir, quelle esperance il y a de planter une belle chrestient par tels evangelistes.