leap 英 [li:p]   美 [lip]

leap

leap  英 [li:p] 美 [lip]

vi. 跳,跳跃  n. 飞跃;跳跃  vt. 跳跃,跳过;使跃过 

进行时:leaping  过去式:leapt  过去分词:leapt  第三人称单数:leaps  名词复数:leaps 

He tensed his muscles for the leap. 他绷紧肌肉准备跳跃。
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this. 这是典型的狼的进攻方式:攻击然后迅速跳开,但是要比这次凶残的多。

  • The word leap is another word for "jump," but it gives a slightly different image — one of lightness and quickness, perhaps a movement with a little more spring in it than a regular jump.
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  • vi. 跳,跳跃
  • n. 飞跃;跳跃
  • vt. 跳跃,跳过;使跃过
  • 1. He tensed his muscles for the leap.

    他绷紧肌肉准备跳跃。

  • 2. It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.

    这是典型的狼的进攻方式:攻击然后迅速跳开,但是要比这次凶残的多。

  • 3. Every experience is in this case a leap into nothingness.

    每个经验在这种情况下都是一种进入虚无的跳跃。

  • leap (n.) c. 1200, "the act or an act of leaping," from Old English hliep, hlyp (West Saxon), *hlep (Mercian, Northumbrian) "a leap, a bound, a spring; sudden movement; thing to leap from;" from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan (cognates: Old Frisian hlep, Dutch loop, Old High German hlouf, German lauf); from the root of leap (v.). Leaps has been paired with bounds at least since 1720.
  • leap (v.) c. 1200, from Old English hleapan "to jump, spring clear of the ground by force of an initial bound; run, go; dance, leap upon (a horse)" (class VII strong verb; past tense hleop, past participle hleapen), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupan (source also of Old Saxon hlopan, Old Norse hlaupa, Old Frisian hlapa, Dutch lopen, Old High German hlouffan, German laufen "to run," Gothic us-hlaupan "to jump up"), of uncertain origin, with no known cognates beyond Germanic.
leap / liːp ; NAmE liːp / verb , noun leap leaps leaped leapt leaping verb ( leapt , leapt / lept ; NAmE lept / or leaped , leaped ) 1 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to jump high or a long way 跳;跳跃;跳越 + adv./prep. A dolphin leapt out of the water. 海豚跃出水面。 We leapt over the stream. 我们跳过了那条小溪。 leapsth The horse leapt a five-foot wall. 那匹马跃过了一道五英尺高的墙。 2 [intransitive ] + adv./prep. to move or do sth suddenly and quickly 猛冲;突然做(某事) She leapt out of bed. 她突然翻身下了床。 He leapt across the room to answer the door. 他冲过房间去开门。 I leapt to my feet (= stood up quickly). 我赶紧站了起来。 They leapt into actionimmediately. 他们立即断然采取了行动。 ( figurative) She was quick to leap to my defence (= speak in support of me). 她马上挺身而出为我辩护。 The photo seemed to leap off the page (= it got your attention immediately). 那张照片跃然纸上,引人注目。 His name leapt out at me (= I saw it immediately). 他的名字立刻映入了我的眼帘。 3 [intransitive ] leap(in sth) (from…) (to…) to increase suddenly and by a large amount 骤增;剧增;猛涨 SYN shoot up The shares leapt in value from 476p to close at 536p. 股价从 476 便士猛涨到收盘时的 536 便士。 IDIOM ˌlook before you ˈleap ( saying) used to advise sb to think about the possible results or dangers of sth before doing it 三思而后行 more at conclusion , heart PHRASAL VERB ˈleap at sth to accept a chance or an opportunity quickly and with enthusiasm 赶紧抓住,急不可待地接受(机会) SYN jump at I leapt at the chance to go to France. 我立刻抓住了去法国的机会。 noun 1 a long or high jump 跳越;跳跃;跳高 a leap of six metres 一跳跳了六米 She took a flying leapand landed on the other side of the stream. 她一个飞跃跳到小溪的对面。 ( figurative) His heart gave a sudden leap when he saw her. 他看见她时,心猛地一跳。 ( figurative) Few people successfully make the leap from television to the movies. 从电视业转向电影业很少有人成功。 2 leap(in sth) a sudden large change or increase in sth 骤变;剧增;激增 a leap in profits 利润跃升 see also quantum leap IDIOMS by/in ˌleaps and ˈbounds very quickly; in large amounts 非常迅速;飞跃地;突飞猛进;大量地 Her health has improved in leaps and bounds. 她的健康已迅速好转。 a leap in the ˈdark an action or a risk that you take without knowing anything about the activity or what the result will be 冒险举动 leap / liːp ; NAmE liːp / leapt / lept ; NAmE lept /
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