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词汇 jack-o'-lantern
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Definition of jack-o'-lantern in English:

jack-o'-lantern

noundʒakəˈlantənˈdʒækəˌlæn(t)ərn
  • 1A lantern made from a hollowed-out pumpkin or turnip in which holes are cut to represent facial features, typically made at Halloween.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cast a delicious spell on a room by lighting jack-o'-lanterns with real cinnamon, clove and nutmeg candles made of clean-burning soy wax - you'll enjoy all tire sensory seduction of pumpkin pie without the work.
    • He wasn't around last Halloween when someone smashed the six jack-o'-lanterns I carved to spell ‘BE SAFE.’
    • Make sure costumes are short enough that kids don't trip on them or inadvertently brush them against the low-lying flames in jack-o'-lanterns and candles.
    • Candlelit jack-o'-lanterns should be kept away from landings and doorsteps where costumes could brush against the flame.
    • But zucchini is a different matter: His squash grow so well - and so large - that he saves the biggest ones to carve as green jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween.
  • 2archaic A will-o'-the-wisp.

Definition of jack-o'-lantern in US English:

jack-o'-lantern

nounˈjakəˌlan(t)ərnˈdʒækəˌlæn(t)ərn
  • 1A lantern made from a hollowed-out pumpkin in which holes are cut to represent facial features, typically made at Halloween.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But zucchini is a different matter: His squash grow so well - and so large - that he saves the biggest ones to carve as green jack-o'-lanterns for Halloween.
    • Cast a delicious spell on a room by lighting jack-o'-lanterns with real cinnamon, clove and nutmeg candles made of clean-burning soy wax - you'll enjoy all tire sensory seduction of pumpkin pie without the work.
    • Candlelit jack-o'-lanterns should be kept away from landings and doorsteps where costumes could brush against the flame.
    • He wasn't around last Halloween when someone smashed the six jack-o'-lanterns I carved to spell ‘BE SAFE.’
    • Make sure costumes are short enough that kids don't trip on them or inadvertently brush them against the low-lying flames in jack-o'-lanterns and candles.
  • 2archaic An ignis fatuus.

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