Jackknife

(noun.) a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out.

(verb.) dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife.

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• He came round at the appointed time, took out his jackknife, and sat down to his meal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Provis, regarding him with a fixed attention, was slowly putting up his jackknife, and groping in another pocket for something else. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Provis, who had been asleep too, staggered up at the noise I made, and in an instant I saw his jackknife shining in his hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.

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