British English usually uses the form leapt as the past tense and past participle. American English usually uses leaped. 英国英语通常用leapt作过去式和过去分词,美国英语则通常用leaped。
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[VERB 动词]纵身;跳;跃 If you
leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped...
他从大楼一个窗口跳出去跑了。
The newsreels show him leaping into the air...
新闻短片里有他跳向空中的画面。
The man threw his arms out as he leapt.
该男子张开双臂,纵身一跳。
- Leap is also a noun.
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[VERB 动词]迅捷地移动 If you
leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off...
两名男子跳上吉普车,疾驰而去。
With a terrible howl, he leapt forward and threw himself into the water.
他狂吼一声,向前猛冲,纵身跳进水中。
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[VERB 动词](车辆)飞奔,疾驶 If a vehicle
leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
The car leapt forward.
汽车向前飞驰。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]骤变;激增;飞跃 A
leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.
[oft N in n]
[JOURNALISM 新闻]
The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其结果是生产力的大幅提高。
...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000...
由35,000猛增至75,000的失业人数
Contemporary art has taken a huge leap forward in the last five or six years.
当代艺术在过去五六年间突飞猛进。
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[VERB 动词]骤变;激增;飞跃 If you
leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.
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[VERB 动词](因吃惊、害怕、高兴等心脏)猛地跳动 If you say that your heart
leaps, you mean that you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise, fear, or happiness.
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[VERB 动词]赶紧抓住(机会) If you
leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
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[PHRASE 短语](改善或增长)非常迅速地,飞跃地 You can use
in leaps and bounds or
by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
[usu PHR after v]
[emphasis]
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[PHRASE 短语]冒险举动;瞎闯 If you take
a leap in the dark or
a leap into the unknown, you do something without having any previous experience in that activity or knowledge of it.