leaper

n. 跳跃者

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词形变化

leapers 复数 leapers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who leaps.

  2. 2.

    A kind of hooked instrument for untwisting old cordage.

  3. 3.

    A piece, like the knight, which moves a fixed distance, and ignores pieces in the way.

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  4. 4.

    Synonym of jumper (“person who attempts suicide by jumping from a height”).

  5. 5.

    A person whose birthday falls on 29 February, and thus only occurs in leap years.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

bounder

上位词 1

jumper

词源

From Middle English lepere, lepare, from Old English hlēapere (“runner, leaper, dancer, courier, vagrant”), equivalent to leap + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Lööper (“runner”), West Frisian ljepper (“leaper”), West Frisian loper (“runner”), Dutch loper (“runner”), German Läufer (“runner”), Swedish löpare (“runner”), Icelandic hlaupari (“runner”).

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