jack-o'-lantern
名词 n.
英 /ˈdʒæk.əʊˌlæn.tən/
美 /ˈdʒæk.oʊˌlæn.təɹn/|/ˈdʒæk.əˌlæn.təɹn/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.
— He had a jocose jack-o'-lantern grin, big crooked nicotine-stained teeth, and a full droopy dark moustache and wiry whiskers hiding a weak chin. (attributive use)
- A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.; A similar item made from a turnip.
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A will o' the wisp.
— [Newspaper speculations] supplying so many more jack-o'-lanterns to the future historian
词源
Originally, a night watchman who carried a lantern (originally made from a turnip; see neep lantern). See Jack. First attested as a term for ignis fatuus in English folklore in the 1660s, mostly in East Anglia but also in southwestern England. The sense of a carved pumpkin (sense 1) is first attested in 1834.
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