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jump-off

/juhmp-awf, -of/US // ˈdʒʌmpˌɔf, -ˌɒf //

跳楼,跳车,跳伞,跳楼事件

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a place for jumping off.
    • : a point of departure, as of a race or a military attack.
    • : the start of such a departure.
    • : a supplementary contest among horses tied for first place in a jumping contest.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instart

Examples

  • Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.

  • A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.

  • The collection includes kimono capes and hand woven jump overalls.

  • The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.

  • The off-year special election into which Duke threw himself drew little media notice at first.

  • The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.

  • A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.

  • We haven't even seen a review of the piece; the footlights go up with a jump, and now the curtain rises.

  • And it did not take Squinty long to learn to jump the rope when there was no apple on the other side.

  • It'll be beastly dull for her at The Warren, you see, poor girl; and she doesn't seem to jump at Spunyarn, though he does hang on.