单词 | jack-lantern |
释义 | > as lemmasjack-lantern jack-lantern n. U.S. (now rare) a portable lantern used as a jacklight (see jacklight n.) for hunting or fishing at night. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > [noun] > light jack lamp1853 jack-lantern1875 1875 Warren (Pa.) Mail 5 Oct. The boys are out with their jack-lanterns nightly. 1881 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 5/1 I have stood motionless on a flat rock..amid the rushing water, with poised three-pronged spear behind a jack-lantern, waiting for a sturgeon to come there. 1955 Kenyon Rev. 17 412 He might be not above taking a deer out of season, or in season at night by jack-lantern. < as lemmas |
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