资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Jump \Jump\, n.
1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. ``To
advance by jumps.'' --Locke.
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.