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 纵身;跳;跃 If you
leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
纵身;跳;跃 -
He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped. [VERB prep./adv.]
他从大楼一个窗口跳出去跑了。
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The newsreels show him leaping into the air. [VERB prep./adv.]
新闻短片里有他跳向空中的画面。
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The man threw his arms out as he leapt. [VERB]
该男子张开双臂,纵身一跳。
2 VERB 迅捷地移动 If you
leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
迅捷地移动 -
The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off. [VERB prep./adv.]
两名男子跳上吉普车,疾驰而去。
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With a terrible howl, he leapt forward and threw himself into the water. [VERB prep./adv.]
他狂吼一声,向前猛冲,纵身跳进水中。
3 VERB (车辆)飞奔,疾驶 If a vehicle
leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
(车辆)飞奔,疾驶 4 N-COUNT 骤变;激增;飞跃 A
leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.
骤变;激增;飞跃 [journalism] -
The result has been a giant leap in productivity. [+ in]
其结果是生产力的大幅提高。
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...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000. [+ from]
由35,000猛增至75,000的失业人数
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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 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.
骤变;激增;飞跃 -
Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex. [VERB prep.]
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 (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.
(因吃惊、害怕、高兴等心脏)猛地跳动 [literary] 7 VERB 赶紧抓住(机会) If you
leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
赶紧抓住(机会) 8 PHRASE (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.
(改善或增长)非常迅速地,飞跃地 [emphasis] 9 PHRASE [usually PHRASE after verb] 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.
冒险举动;瞎闯 Word Partnership | Use leap with: |
VERB. | make a leap, take a leap 1 2 |
ADJ. | big leap, giant leap, sudden leap 1 4 |
N. | leap to your feet 2 |
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