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leap v.跳跃；跃过；跃n.跳跃；跃 (1) 我一听到这个好消息高兴得跳了起来。(2) 小偷越墙逃跑了。(3) 报纸上他的名字一下子跳入我的眼帘。(4) 那个男孩从窗口跳下去。(5) 他一跃就跳过了小溪。 Leap comes from the Old English hlēapan, "to leap or run." The word can convey a happy feeling, as when William Wordsworth writes, "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky." As a side note, the game of leap-frog appears to have had its beginnings in the 1590s.

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英 [liːp] 美 [liːp] (1) I leap for joy at the good news.(2) The thief leaped the wall and ran away.(3) His name leapt out at me from the newspaper.(4) The boy took a leap from the window.(5) He got over the stream with a single leap. 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. 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。1[VERB 动词]纵身；跳；跃 If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.   [V prep/adv]  [V]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.Smith took Britain's  fifth medal of the championships with a leap of 2.37 metres.史密斯跳出2.37米的成绩，为英国夺得锦标赛的第5枚奖牌。2[VERB 动词]迅捷地移动 If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.   [V prep/adv]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。3[VERB 动词]（车辆）飞奔，疾驶 If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.   [V adv/prep]The car leapt forward.汽车向前飞驰。4[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。5[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.   [V prep]Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex.沃里克队在排名中蹿升至第3名，落后领先的埃塞克斯队31分。6[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.   [V]  [LITERARY 文]My heart leaped at the sight of her.我见到她时心都要跳出来了。7[VERB 动词]赶紧抓住（机会） If you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.   [V at n]The post of principal of the theatre school became vacant and he leapt at the chance.戏剧学校校长一职出缺，他马上抓住了这个机会。8[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]He's improved in leaps and bounds this season...他今季的表现一日千里。The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.地球上的物种数目似乎正飞速增长。9[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.   [usu PHR after v]Prudent people are not going to take a leap in the dark...小心谨慎的人是不会轻易冒险的。Once more he's making a leap into the unknown without a plan.他再次毫无计划地乱闯。

英语单词	leap
英美音标	英 [liːp] 美 [liːp]
中文释义	v.跳跃；跃过；跃 n.跳跃；跃
英语例句	(1) I leap for joy at the good news. (2) The thief leaped the wall and ran away. (3) His name leapt out at me from the newspaper. (4) The boy took a leap from the window. (5) He got over the stream with a single leap.
中文例句	(1) 我一听到这个好消息高兴得跳了起来。 (2) 小偷越墙逃跑了。 (3) 报纸上他的名字一下子跳入我的眼帘。 (4) 那个男孩从窗口跳下去。 (5) 他一跃就跳过了小溪。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	Leap comes from the Old English hlēapan, "to leap or run." The word can convey a happy feeling, as when William Wordsworth writes, "My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky." As a side note, the game of leap-frog appears to have had its beginnings in the 1590s.
柯林斯解释	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。 1 [VERB 动词]纵身；跳；跃 If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance. [V prep/adv] [V] 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. Smith took Britain's fifth medal of the championships with a leap of 2.37 metres. 史密斯跳出2.37米的成绩，为英国夺得锦标赛的第5枚奖牌。 2 [VERB 动词]迅捷地移动 If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly. [V prep/adv] 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。 3 [VERB 动词]（车辆）飞奔，疾驶 If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement. [V adv/prep] The car leapt forward. 汽车向前飞驰。 4 [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。 5 [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. [V prep] Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex. 沃里克队在排名中蹿升至第3名，落后领先的埃塞克斯队31分。 6 [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. [V] [LITERARY 文] My heart leaped at the sight of her. 我见到她时心都要跳出来了。 7 [VERB 动词]赶紧抓住（机会） If you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly. [V at n] The post of principal of the theatre school became vacant and he leapt at the chance. 戏剧学校校长一职出缺，他马上抓住了这个机会。 8 [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] He's improved in leaps and bounds this season... 他今季的表现一日千里。 The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds. 地球上的物种数目似乎正飞速增长。 9 [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. [usu PHR after v] Prudent people are not going to take a leap in the dark... 小心谨慎的人是不会轻易冒险的。 Once more he's making a leap into the unknown without a plan. 他再次毫无计划地乱闯。

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