| 单词 | jumping bean |
| 释义 | jumping bean (once / 787955 pages) n WORD FAMILY jumping bean: jumping beans USAGE EXAMPLESAnother novelty that brought pure profit to “inventor” Joaquin Hernandez was the Mexican Jumping Bean, which he introduced in the 1940s. Washington Times(Aug 10, 2016) It wasn’t trickery, but an odd twist in the natural world that creates the novelty of “Mexican jumping beans.” Salon(Jun 02, 2016) On the day that Seabiscuit lost the Stars and Stripes, the “Argentine Jumping Bean” had broken the track record in the American Handicap. Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend(2001) n seed of Mexican shrubs of the genus Sebastiana containing the larva of a moth whose movements cause the bean to jerk or tumble Syn|Hyper Mexican jumping bean, jumping seed seed a small hard fruit |
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