- jumpstart (v.)
[jumpstart 词源字典]
- also jump-start, to start a car using battery booster cables, by 1970, from jumper "wire used to cut out part of a circuit or close a gap" (1901 in telegraphy); see jump + start. Related: Jumpstarted; jumpstarting. Figurative use by 1975.[jumpstart etymology, jumpstart origin, 英语词源]