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单词 jump
释义 jump
I. \ˈjəmp\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: probably akin to Swedish gumpa to jump, Low German gumpen
intransitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to move or throw itself into or through the air
   < a pretty stream jumping and twisting down to sea >
   : rear
   < the light jumped up — Guy McCrone >
  (2) : to rise and fall agitatedly or abruptly
   < the formerly placid waters were … jumping — Francis Birtles >
   < the snow jumped in tiny cloud puffs — Victor Canning >
 b.
  (1) : to spring free from the ground or some other environing medium by the muscular action of the feet and legs or in some animals the tail : project oneself through the air : spring, leap, hop
   < a trout will jump several feet — John Burroughs >
   < jumped on a moving bus >
   < jumped out of bed >
   < jumped down from the tree >
  also : to rise to one's feet with a bound or other energetic movement
   < jumped up and vigorously protested the chairman's action >
  (2) : to make a sudden spasmodic movement as a result of surprise or other nervous shock : start
   < jumped at his unexpected entry >
  (3) in board games : to move over a position occupied by an opponent's man to a vacant one beyond and capture the man (as in checkers) or to so move merely to facilitate progress to one's goal (as in Chinese checkers)
  (4) : to pass over a regular or proper stopping point : skip
   < this typewriter jumps and needs repairing >
  (5) of a published item : to continue from one column or page to another
  (6) : to undergo a vertical or lateral displacement owing to improper alignment of the film on a projector mechanism
   < images jump on the screen >
  (7) : to drop from an airborne airplane with a parachute
  (8) : to commence or launch upon a drive, march, expedition, or other enterprise : start out : begin — used with off
   < the campaign jumped off to a good start >
   < jumped off for the distant mining country >
  specifically : to start forward in a military attack
   < at 11:01 a.m. the assault companies jumped off — P.W.Thompson >
   < the attack jumped off in good weather — Military Engineer >
  (9) : to move, obey, or act with energy or alacrity : hustle
   < when he spoke he expected people to jump — T.O.Thoman >
   < said he wanted them to jump to it — Earle Birney >
   < the first thing the new bureaucrat learns is this: when the phone rings — jumpNewsweek >
2. : coincide, agree, accord — usually used with with
 < it jumps with my humor — Shakespeare >
 < that choice jumps with the spirit of the age — J.C.Powys >
3.
 a.
  (1) : to pass or move haphazardly or aimlessly from one thing or state to another : shift abruptly
   < the author jumps from region to region — Geographical Journal >
   < jumping from job to job — Albert Deutsch >
  (2) : to change or abandon employment especially in violation of contract
   < jumped to the Mexican League … and drew a five-year ban — Springfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >
   < jumped without notice — Fred Bradna & Hartzell Spence >
  (3) : to rise or climb abruptly from one rank, status, or condition to another often with omission of intermediate stages
   < jumped rapidly from captain through all the grades to colonel — H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker >
   < jumped from the Stone Age to the Iron Age without any intervening copper or bronze culture period — R.W.Murray >
  (4) : to increase suddenly and sharply
   < recruiting began to jump that very evening — W.G.Shepherd >
   < population is jumping — W.A.Bridges >
  (5) : to make a jump bid in bridge
 b.
  (1) : to make a judgment precipitately or without careful study of one's premises : make a mental leap
   < inclined to jump from some general observation to the first possible solution — W.J.Reilly >
   < before you jump to that happy but unwarranted assumption — S.L.Payne >
   < no impressionist who jumps hastily to conclusions — C.I.Glicksberg >
  (2) : to accept eagerly : take quick or immediate advantage — usually used with at
   < jumped at the job >
   < jumped at the chance >
  (3) : to join, enter, or intervene with eagerness or alacrity — usually used with in or into
   < as unhealthy as if … the military jumped in, in the recognition that a literate and educated population was important for the quality of future draftees — R.L.Meier & Eugene Rabinowitch >
   < jumped into this … business on twenty-four hour notice — F.D.Roosevelt >
   and in such phrases as jump aboard
   < finally jumped aboard bolshevism — A.M.Rosenthal >
   and jump on the bandwagon
   < exhibiting a desire to jump on the bandwagon — M.F.A.Montagu >
4.
 a. : to attack suddenly or without warning : pounce — often used with on or upon
  < jumped upon them without reason — Pasadena (Calif.) Independent >
 b. : to give a tongue-lashing : level severe criticism or censure
  < jumped all over me for it >
  — often used with on or upon
  < people who jump on modern poetry as obscure — Time >
  or in the phrase jump down one's throat
  < whenever I opened my mouth he jumps down my throat — W.S.Gilbert >
5.
 a. : swing
  < the jazz they do blow is interesting and jumpsMetronome Yearbook >
  < whole thing jumps splendidly — Jazz Journal >
 b. : to be very lively : bustle with gaiety or activity
  < the joint was really jumping with kids — Maritta Wolff >
  < the town was jumpingSpringfield (Massachusetts) Daily News >
  < the place is beginning to jump already — Chandler Brossard >
  < Saturday night jumped — Langston Hughes >
transitive verb
1.
 a.
  (1) : to pass over or across (a space or object) by or as if by a spring or leap : clear
   < jump a brook >
   < jump a hurdle >
   < took eight years before field trials jumped the Atlantic — W.F.Brown b. 1903 >
   < often jump the border again the same day — New York Times >
  (2) obsolete : to expose to danger : risk, hazard
   < jump a body with dangerous physic — Shakespeare >
 b. in board games : to move over (a man) by jumping
 c.
  (1) : to skip over or pass by : bypass
   < the transmission of certain characteristics may jump one or more … generations — Henry Wynmalen >
   < jump electrical connections >
  (2) : to continue (as a newspaper story or article) from one column or page to another
  (3) : anticipate
   < jump the green light >
   < jump the gun >
 d.
  (1) : to escape or run away from
   < couldn't jump his color — Thurston Scott >
  (2) : to abandon or leave especially hastily or furtively
   < jump town without paying their bills — Hamilton Basso >
   < jumped their reservation and were on the warpath — P.A.Rollins >
  (3) : to leave (employment) especially in violation of contract or other obligation : breach (a labor contract) by leaving or taking other employment
   < draft-age men jumping essential war jobs — Newsweek >
   < wanted to jump the show — Fred Bradna & Hartzell Spence >
   < jumped ship and settled in the United States — David Dodge >
   < jumped their indentures and bobbed up as journeymen in distant cities — Newsweek >
   < jump contract when tempted by more money — Harriot B. Barbour >
  (4) : to turn off from (one's normal or appointed track or course)
   < streams that jumped their beds in the flood — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union >
   < a train jumped the track >
  (5) : to get aboard typically by jumping
   < jumped a freight and rode it to town >
   < jump a crowded bus — W.J.Finn >
2.
 a.
  (1) : to attack suddenly or unexpectedly : pounce upon
   < thought he was snooping around and jumped him — Lillian Hellman >
   < intended to jump him, sitting or no — Shelby Foote >
   < suddenly jumped by an enemy patrol party — Ed Cunningham >
  specifically : to attack (a target) suddenly with military aircraft
  (2) : to scold or criticize severely : assail verbally : bawl out
   < that she would never do … unless she were jumped into it — F.M.Ford >
   — often used with out
   < jumped the little foreman out — Ross Santee >
   < went down to jump the inspector out — F.B.Gipson >
 b. : to seize or take possession of in violation of another's rights : occupy illegally
  < jump another man's claim >
  < jumping an assignment for the first time in his life — Michael Foster >
 c. : to have coitus with — usually considered vulgar
3.
 a.
  (1) : to cause to jump
   < the wind can jump those flames one mile or five — Stirling Silliphant >
   < it jumps me out of bed — J.W.Noble >
   < had to jump her from the stiles — Jane Austen >
  (2) : to cause (game) to break cover : start, flush
   < jumped a mule deer — D.C.Peattie >
  (3) : to come upon suddenly
   < jumped the trail and took cover — H.L.Davis >
 b.
  (1) : to elevate in rank especially by skipping intermediate ranks
   < one of many junior officers jumped several ranks to fill the void — Newsweek >
   < jumped him from instructor to full professor in two years — Time >
  (2) : to raise (a bridge partner's bid) by more than one rank
  (3) : to increase especially swiftly or sharply
   < jumped admission prices from fifty cents to a dollar — F.B.Gipson >
4. : to bore with a jumper (as in quarrying)
Synonyms:
 jump, leap, spring, bound, vault, and saltate mean, in common, to project oneself upward or through space by or as if by quick muscle action. jump, the most general, implies a muscular propelling, or any action resembling a muscular propelling, of the body upward or to a spot other than the one one is in, whether upward, on a level, or below one, or over some obstacle
  < jump with fright >
  < jump three feet across a brook >
  < jump up onto a platform >
  < jump down from the truck >
  < jump over a wall >
  leap, often interchangeable with jump, generally suggests a much greater muscular propulsion or a more spectacular result
  < leap a high fence >
  < leap down from a platform >
  < go leaping across a field >
  spring adds to jump or leap the idea of elasticity, lightness, or grace, stressing more the movement than the going to or over
  < spring up into the air >
  < spring out of a cage >
  < a deer springing across the open field >
  bound, like spring, emphasizes the movement but suggests vigor or strength and, often, a consequent forceful speed achieved by fast successive leaps forward
  < a herd of antelope bounding gracefully across the plain >
  < the speaker, a large vigorous man, came bounding down the aisle and up onto the stage >
  vault suggests a leap upward or over something with the aid of the hands laid on an object or with similar assistance
  < rose to his feet … grabbed the sturdy milking stool by one leg, vaulted the fence, and plunged into the woods — C.G.D.Roberts >
  < an acrobat … was vaulting over chair backs — Margaret Deland >
  saltate implies a jumping or leaping from place to place as in certain ballet movements

- jump bail
- jump over the broomstick
- jump rope
- jump the queue
- jump the traces
II. adverb
obsolete : exactly, pat
III. \ˈjəmp\ noun
(-s)
1.
 a.
  (1) : an act of jumping : leap, spring, bound
   < cleared the fence with a running jump >
  (2) : any of several sports competitions featuring a leap, spring, or bound — see broad jump, high jump
  (3) : a space cleared or traversed by a leap
  (4) : an obstacle to be jumped over (as on the course of a steeplechase) simulating natural obstructions met in fox hunting and of varied construction, dimensions, and number
 b.
  (1) : a sudden spasmodic movement (as from surprise or other nervous shock) : start, twitch
   < gave a jump as she entered the room >
  (2) jumps plural : fidgets, willies, nervousness
   < this place fairly gives me the jumps — G.K.Chesterton >
   < just got the jumps, I guess — Gore Vidal >
 c. in board games : a move made by jumping
 d. : a descent by parachute from an airplane
 e. : an act of coitus — usu considered vulgar
2. obsolete
 a. : a critical point or crisis
 b. : venture, hazard
3.
 a.
  (1) : a movement made by the tube of a gun before a fired projectile leaves the muzzle
  (2) : a vertical deviation of the path of the trajectory from the line of elevation
 b. : an abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry
 c.
  (1) : bore IV
  (2) : breaker 3a
 d.
  (1) : a sharp or sudden increase
   < the jump in the size of the entering freshman class — J.K.Folger >
  (2) : jump bid
  (3) : a sudden change : a qualitative or quantitative leap : an abrupt transition
   < social progress proceeds by jumps >
   < the jump from the liquid to the gaseous state >
  (4) : the continuation of a published item (as a newspaper story or article) from one column or page to another; also : the portion of a published item comprising such a continuation — compare breakover
 e.
  (1) : a quick or short journey especially by air : hop
   < reluctant to start a new round of … plane jumpsNewsweek >
   < a convenient one-night jump from either St. Louis or Memphis — American Guide Series: Arkansas >
  (2) : one in a series of moves from one place to another
   < usually going farther west at each jump — Dixon Wecter >
   < kept one jump ahead of the sheriff >
4. : an advantage especially in time : start — usually used in the phrase get the jump
 < might get the jump on the United States in the development of nuclear power — New York Times >
 < desirous of getting the jump on the competition — Elmer Davis >
Synonyms:
 jump, leap, spring, bound, and vault signify a single movement achieved by the corresponding action signified by the verb. saltation may indicate a sequence or group of such actions
Synonym: see in addition jump I.

- on the jump
IV. adjective
Etymology: probably from jump (II)
1. obsolete : exact, fitting, precise
2. : constituting a jump bid in bridge
 < jump response >
3. : swing
 < a jump band >
V. \ˈju̇mp, ˈjəmp\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably alteration of jupe
1. dialect Britain : a loose jacket for men
2. dialect Britain : an underbodice worn usually instead of stays by women — usually used in plural
VI. intransitive verb
: to go from one sequence of instructions in a computer program to another
 < jump to a subroutine >

- jump ship
VII. noun
1. : a transfer from one sequence of instructions in a computer program to a different sequence
 < conditional jump >
2. : jazz music with a fast tempo
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