jumper

jumper1
noun
  1. (Brit.)a knitted garment typically with long sleeves, worn over the upper body
    (英)(尤为长袖)毛线上衣
  2. (historical)a loose outer jacket worn by sailors
    (史)(水手穿的)宽松短上衣
  3. (N. Amer.)a pinafore dress
    (北美)围裙
语源
  1. mid 19th cent. (in sense 2): probably from dialect jump 'short coat', perhaps from Scots jupe 'a man's (later also a woman's) loose jacket or tunic', via Old French from Arabic jubba. Compare with jibba

jumper2
noun
  1. a person or animal that jumps
    跳跃者;跳高运动员;跳跃的动物
  2. (亦作 jumper wire)a short wire used to shorten an electric circuit or close it temporarily
    跳线,跨接线(一种用于缩短或暂时关闭电路的短线)
  3. (Nautical)a rope made fast to keep a yard or mast from jumping
    (航海)支索(防止帆桁或桅杆移动而系紧的绳索)
  4. a heavy chisel-ended iron bar for drilling blast holes
    钻孔机;冲击钻杆(一种末端为凿子,用于钻凿钻孔的重铁杆)
  5. a mushroom-shaped brass part in a tap which supports the washer
    阀芯(水龙头里托住垫圈的蘑菇状铜制部件)
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