单词 | puddle-jump |
释义 | > as lemmaspuddle-jump puddle-jump v. U.S. colloquial intransitive to make a short journey, esp. by aeroplane. ΚΠ 1924 Lincoln (Nebraska) State Jrnl. 9 Dec. 10/1 He said that he ‘puddle-jumped’ on Sunday to put down-town crossings in trim. 1957 W. Dykeman & J. Stokely Neither Black nor White iv. 48 But because Olmsted..talked with anyone he met and did not merely puddle-jump from one big plantation to another,..he has met the usual castigation of ‘biased intruder.’ 2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 106 Forced to puddle-jump for their cocktail fix during Prohibition, many flocked to the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in London. < as lemmas |
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