单词 | jack-o'-lantern |
释义 | jack-o'-lantern[ jak-uh-lan-tern ] / ˈdʒæk əˌlæn tərn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR jack-o'-lantern ON THESAURUS.COM nouna 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. Origin of jack-o'-lanternFirst recorded in 1655–65 Words nearby jack-o'-lanternjack Mormon, jack oak, jack-of-all-trades, Jack of all trades, master of none, jackoff, jack-o'-lantern, jack pine, jack plane, jack plug, jack post, jackpot Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for jack-o'-lanternjack-o'-lantern nouna lantern made from a hollowed pumpkin, which has holes cut in it to represent a human face a will-o'-the-wisp or similar phenomenon Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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