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无 Skyrocket N Skai'rɔkit V 陡升,猛涨 1680s Type

单词 skyrocket
音标 ['skai'rɔkit]
解释 v. 陡升,猛涨
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字源 skyrocket (n.)
1680s, type of firework, from sky (n.) + rocket (n.2). The verb, in the figurative sense of "to rise abruptly and rapidly" (often with suggestion of 'and then explode and vanish'") is attested from 1895.
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