| 单词 | bumbershoot |
| 释义 | bumbershoot in British English (ˈbʌmbəʃuːt) noun US old-fashioned, informal an umbrella umbrella in British English (ʌmˈbrɛlə) noun 1. a portable device used for protection against rain, snow, etc, and consisting of a light canopy supported on a collapsible metal frame mounted on a central rod 2. the flattened cone-shaped contractile body of a jellyfish or other medusa 3. a protective shield or screen, esp of aircraft or gunfire 4. anything that has the effect of a protective screen or cover 5. a. any system or agency that provides centralized organization or general cover for a group of related companies, organizations, etc b. (as modifier) an umbrella fund an umbrella group bumbershoot in American English (ˈbʌmbərˌʃut) US noun Slang an umbrella Word origin jocular alteration and merging of umbrella & parachutebumbershoot in American English (ˈbʌmbərˌʃuːt) noun informal, often facetious an umbrella Word origin [1915–20; bumber-, appar. expressive alter. of umbrella + -shoot, resp. of -chute in parachute]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camouflage, conditioning, feedback, supernationalism, takeout |
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