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 jump /ˈʤʌmp/
 跳躍,跳動,上漲,驚跳(vt.)跳越,躍過,突升,使跳躍(vi.)跳躍,跳,跳動,暴漲

 jump
 跳越; 跳位

 jump
 跳 跳越

 Ju·pon Jup·pon n.  [Written variously jupe, jump, juppo, etc.]
 1. A sleeveless jacket worn over the armor in the 14th century. It fitted closely, and descended below the hips.
 2. A petticoat.
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 Jump, a. Nice; exact; matched; fitting; precise. [Obs.] “Jump names.”

 Jump, adv. Exactly; pat. [Obs.]
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 jump n.  (a) A kind of loose jacket for men. (b) pl. A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

 jump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. jumped p. pr. & vb. n. jumping.]
 1. To spring free from the ground by the muscular action of the feet and legs; to project one's self through the air; to spring; to bound; to leap.
    Not the worst of the three but jumps twelve foot and a half by the square.   --Shak.
 2. To move as if by jumping; to bounce; to jolt. “The jumping chariots.”
    A flock of geese jump down together.   --Dryden.
 3. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; -- followed by with. “It jumps with my humor.”
 To jump at, to spring to; hence, fig., to accept suddenly or eagerly; as, a fish jumps at a bait; to jump at a chance.
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 Jump v. t.
 1. To pass over by means of a spring or leap; to overleap; as, to jump a stream.
 2. To cause to jump; as, he jumped his horse across the ditch.
 3. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard. [Obs.]
    To jump a body with a dangerous physic.   --Shak.
 4. Smithwork (a) To join by a butt weld. (b) To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
 5. Quarrying To bore with a jumper.
 To jump a claim, to enter upon and take possession of land to which another has acquired a claim by prior entry and occupation. [Western U. S. & Australia] See Claim, n., 3.
 To jump one's bail, to abscond while at liberty under bail bonds.  [Slang, U. S.]
 To jump the gun, to begin to run (in a footrace) before the starting gun has fired; hence, (fig.) to begin any activity before the designated starting time.

 Jump, n.
 1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. “To advance by jumps.”
 2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
 Our fortune lies
 Upon thisjump.   --Shak.
 3. The space traversed by a leap.
 4. Mining A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
 5. Arch. An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry.
 From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.]
 Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
 Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat. Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon.

 jump
      n 1: a sudden and decisive increase; "a jump in attendance" [syn:
            leap]
      2: an abrupt transition; "a successful leap from college to the
         major leagues" [syn: leap, saltation]
      3: (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
      4: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start" [syn:
          startle, start]
      5: descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting
         in the army" [syn: parachuting]
      6: the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he
         advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was
         unexpected" [syn: jumping]
      v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
           the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can
           you jump over the fence?" [syn: leap, bound, spring]
      2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She
         startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle, start]
      3: make a sudden physical attack on; "The muggers jumped the
         woman in the fur coat"
      4: increase suddenly and significantly; "Prices jumped
         overnight"
      5: be highly noticeable [syn: leap out, jump out, stand
         out, stick out]
      6: enter eagerly into; "He jumped into the game"
      7: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the
         bestseller list" [syn: rise, climb up]
      8: run off or leave the rails; "the train derailed because a
         cow was standing on the tracks" [syn: derail]
      9: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn: parachute]
      10: cause to jump or leap; "the trainer jumped the tiger through
          the hoop" [syn: leap]
      11: start a car engine whose battery by connecting it to another
          car's battery [syn: jumpstart, jump-start]
      12: bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence
          was incomprehensible" [syn: pass over, skip, skip
          over]
      13: pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; "leap into
          fame"; "jump to a conclusion" [syn: leap]
      14: go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states
          or conditions [syn: alternate]