| 词组 | jumbo |
| 释义 | jumbo noun 1 an elephant. From the name of a famous elephant sold to circus impressario P. T. Barnum by London Zoo in 1882. The elephant died in collision with a train in Ontario in 1885 UK, 1882. 2 a jumbo-jet UK, 1984. 3 a large vial of crack cocaine US, 1986. 4 a quart bottle of beer. Heard in Michigan's Upper Peninsula US, 2003. 5 a uniformed police constable, especially a clumsy or stupid police constable. A derogatory term employed by detectives UK, 1970. 6 the buttocks NEW ZEALAND, 1998 mumbo jumboSpeech or writing that is nonsensical, overly complicated, or full of confusing jargon, to the point of being incomprehensible or unintelligible. Primarily heard in UK. Look, just skip the legal mumbo jumbo and tell me how much I'll be inheriting. My wife goes to this healer who just chants mumbo jumbo for half an hour. I think he's a con artist, but she swears that it helps her back pain. |
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