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单词 puddle jumper
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Definition of puddle jumper in English:

puddle jumper

noun
North American informal
  • A small light aeroplane which is fast and manoeuvrable and used for short trips.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • At Midway, I'm always surprised that passengers aren't forced to wait in a double-wide before being sent off in little puddle jumpers.
    • I flew in from London on Wednesday night, crashed in Boston (as in slept, not as in assume emergency landing positions) and then took the first Cape Air puddle jumper over to Ptown.
    • A scant decade ago, a sales visit to Wal-Mart likely entailed flying a puddle jumper into the college town of Fayetteville, renting a car, then snaking along the old U.S. 71 through the Ozarks until you hit Bentonville.
    • We were delayed yesterday in Chicago because of the weather, and it wasn't fun taking a little puddle jumper prop plane to Grand Rapids with storm systems all around.
    • Of course I was travelling on the shoulder - wouldn't you if you had a classic ‘puddle jumper’ like mine?
 
 

Definition of puddle jumper in US English:

puddle jumper

noun
North American informal
  • A small light airplane that is fast and highly maneuverable and used for short trips.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We were delayed yesterday in Chicago because of the weather, and it wasn't fun taking a little puddle jumper prop plane to Grand Rapids with storm systems all around.
    • Of course I was travelling on the shoulder - wouldn't you if you had a classic ‘puddle jumper’ like mine?
    • I flew in from London on Wednesday night, crashed in Boston (as in slept, not as in assume emergency landing positions) and then took the first Cape Air puddle jumper over to Ptown.
    • At Midway, I'm always surprised that passengers aren't forced to wait in a double-wide before being sent off in little puddle jumpers.
    • A scant decade ago, a sales visit to Wal-Mart likely entailed flying a puddle jumper into the college town of Fayetteville, renting a car, then snaking along the old U.S. 71 through the Ozarks until you hit Bentonville.
 
 
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