leap
v (pt, pp leapt or
leaped /li:pt; lipt/) =>Usage at dream2 用法见dream2.
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
jump vigorously 跳; 跳跃
The cat leapt from the chair. 猫从椅子上跳开了.
(fig 比喻) My heart leapt for joy at the news. 我听到这个消息心情万分激动.
A frog leapt out. 一只青蛙一跃而出.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
move quickly in the specified direction; rush 迅速向某方向运动; 冲; 窜
leap to the telephone, into one's car, upstairs 冲过去抓电话、 一头钻进汽车里、 冲上楼去
(fig 比喻) They leapt to stardom with their first record. 他们录制了第一张唱片, 一跃而入明星行列.
3
(a) [Tn] jump over (an obstacle) 跳过(障碍)
leap a gate, puddle, ditch, etc 跳过大门、 水洼、 壕沟等.
(b) [Tn.pr] ~ sth over sth cause (a horse, etc) to jump over (an obstacle) 使(马等)跃过(障碍)
leap a horse over a fence 策马跃过篱笆. =>Usage at jump2 用法见jump2.
4 (idm 习语) jump/leap to con`clusions => conclusion. ,look before you `leap (saying 谚) consider the possible consequences before taking action 慎思而後行.
5 (phr v) leap at sth accept sth eagerly, without hesitation 迫不及待地接受某事物
She leapt at the chance to go to America. 她立刻抓住时机赴美.
leap at an opportunity, offer, invitation, etc 立刻抓住机会、 接受提议、 接受邀请等. leap, n
1 vigorous jump 跳; 跳跃: He crossed the garden in three leaps. 他跳三步就跨过了花园.
2 (fig 比喻) rapid increase or change 激增; 骤变
a leap in prices, oil production, the number of people out of work 价格、 石油产量、 失业人数激增.
3 (idm 习语) by/in ,leaps and `bounds very rapidly 非常迅速
Her health is improving by leaps and bounds. 她的健康迅速好转. a leap/shot in the dark => dark1. leaping adj [attrib 作定语]
moving up and down quickly and irregularly 跃动的; 跳跃的
leaping waves, flames, etc 翻腾的波浪、 跳动的火焰.
🎯 考研助记
le(乐)+ap(阿婆):乐阿婆爱 跳跃
🔁 扩展释义
*[li:p]n. 跳跃, 剧增, 急变, 被越过之物vi. 跳跃, 突然经过vt. 跃过, 使跃过相关词组: leap against leap at sth
Some people think that the weather is unpleasant, the city ugly and dirty, the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.
有些人认为,这儿的气候不佳,市容丑陋肮脏,竞争激烈,街上不安全。
When the ship finally arrived in a port, the wooden cover was opened wide and Kunta could see in daylight for the first time across the part of the ship where he had been chained.
当船终于到达一个港口时,木盖打开了,孔塔这才第一次在日光下扫视了他被拴在那儿的那一部分船舱。
Some of this heat near the earth's surfact is used to make electricity.