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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: jumpstart, -jumpstart-
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ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
jumpstartThe economy is in dire need of a jumpstart.

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
jumpstart
jumpstarts

WordNet (3.0)
jumpstart(n) starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car, Syn. jump-start, Example: my battery was dead so I had to get a jumpstart from my neighbor
jumpstart(v) start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery, Syn. jump-start, jump
jumpstart(v) start or re-start vigorously, Syn. jump-start, Example: The Secretary of State intends to jumpstart the Middle East Peace Process

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Jump-start

v. t. 1. To start (the engine of a motor vehicle) using a temporary connection to supply electrical power from another vehicle or another source of current; -- an emergency procedure used when a vehicle's own battery has insufficient power to start the vehicle normally. Cables used to transmit electrical current from one vehicle to another for the purpose of jump-starting are called jumper cables. [ PJC ]

2. To provide a speedy start to (an activity) using the assistance of some external impetus; to re-energize (an activity proceeding sluggishly); -- accomplished by application of a stimulus not normally used in the activity. [ Figurative ] [ PJC ]

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