English Dictionary

jump-start

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel.

日本語の意味

ブースターケーブルを使い、充電されたバッテリーから放電したバッテリーへ電流を供給することで、車両のエンジンを始動させる行為

I asked my neighbor to jump-start my car after the battery died on a cold morning.

バッテリーが上がった寒い朝、隣人にブースターケーブルで車のエンジンをかけてもらうよう頼んだ。

意味（1）

(transitive) To start a motor vehicle by passing an electrical current from a charged battery to the discharged ("dead" or "flat") battery of the vehicle being started, by using booster cables to temporarily connect the two batteries in parallel.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To reactivate or rejuvenate.

Giving a really good speech at the convention could jump-start her political career.

jump-starts （ present singular third-person ）

jump-starting （ participle present ）

jump-started （ participle past ）

jump-started （ past ）