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high jump

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈhigh jump noun  1. the high jump DSOa sports event in which someone runs and jumps over a bar that is raised higher each time they jump 跳高〔体育比赛〕2. be (in) for the high jump British English informalPUNISH if someone is for the high jump, they will be punished for something they have done wrong 将受到惩罚high jumper noun [countable]
Examples from the Corpus
high jumpIt had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping.He'd be for the high jump, as usual.The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle, rather than letting you in for the high jump.And it's all about: Who is for the high jump in Rome?Headingley 1976 and Gordon Greenidge at second slip practises for the high jump.I started sweating when they called out the bloke ahead of me in the high jump.
ˈhigh jump nounChineseSyllable
runs someone which sports over jumps in Corpus event a and


high jump
ˈhigh jump noun
1. the high jump a sports event in which someone runs and jumps over a bar that is raised higher each time they jump
2. be (in) for the high jump British English informal if someone is for the high jump, they will be punished for something they have done wrong
—high jumper noun [countable]