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    A jack-in-the-box is a children’s toy: a small box, often with a handle you turn, and a figure inside — usually a clown or a little person — sitting on a spring. When the lid flies open, the figure pops out. The fun is the wait and then the jump; little children may laugh or .

    A jack-in-the-box is jack-in-the-box 是 a children’s toy一種小孩的玩具： a small box一個小盒子， often常常 with a handle you turn有個讓你轉的把手， and a figure inside裡面還有一個人偶 — usually通常是 a clown or a little person小丑或小小人 — on a spring在彈簧上 sitting坐著。When the lid flies open當蓋子彈開， the figure人偶 pops out就蹦出來。The fun is好玩的就在 the wait那個等 and then the jump和接著的那一跳； little children小小孩 may laugh可能大笑 or startle也可能嚇一跳

    The name uses Jack the way older English often did: not one real man, but a stand-in name for a small figure.

    The name這個名字 uses Jack用 Jack 的方式， the way older English often did是舊式英文常有的用法： not one real man不是某一個真實的人， but而是 for a small figure給一個小人物的 a stand-in name代稱

    People sometimes stretch it, with a smile, to a person who suddenly appears — “he popped up like a jack-in-the-box” — but the home meaning is still the toy. It is everyday language, mostly around children, toys, and memory of childhood.

    People人們 sometimes有時 with a smile帶著笑 stretch it把它延伸， to a person who suddenly appears用在突然冒出來的人身上 — “he popped up like a jack-in-the-box”他像 jack-in-the-box 一樣蹦出來 — but但 the home meaning它老家的意思 is still仍然是 the toy那個玩具。It is everyday language這是日常用語， mostly大多出現在 around children, toys, and memory of childhood小孩、玩具和童年回憶的話題裡

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組成Jack (a common man’s name, used for a little figure) + in the box. The toy is literally “a Jack inside a box.”

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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

jack-in-the-boxnoun

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    Children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings of a crank.

    • "Did you venture to call me a liar?" ("No, sir, no!" shouted the accused, and disappeared like a Jack-in-the-box.)
    • “There’s this terrible business to start with. Scotland Yard men in and out of the house like a jack-in-the-box! Never know where they won’t turn up next.”
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    historicalA small but powerful kind of screw, used by burglars to break open safes.

    • It was possible, from underneath, to use the old jack-in-the-box safe-breaker's tool which lay in his gasman's bag.
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    obsoleteA con-man who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。