单词 | jumping-off place |
释义 | jumping-off place (once / 56552 pages) n WORD FAMILY jumping-off place USAGE EXAMPLESThat was a good jumping-off place to drive west to explore a coastline that offered a tour of Lanai’s hidden present and past. New York Times(Jul 04, 2014) Singapore is on an island, at the very end of the peninsula, so that it may be called truly "the jumping-off place." Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), From Egypt to Japan(2012) “How far are we from the jumping-off place?” demanded Agnes. Hill, Grace Brooks, The Corner House Girls Under Canvas...(2012) n a place from which an enterprise or expedition is launched one day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place I decided to see if I could find him Syn|Hyper point of departure beginning, origin, root, rootage, source the place where something begins, where it springs into being |
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