| 单词 | to advance by leaps and bounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto advance by leaps and bounds An elastic spring upward or onward; a leap made in an onward career: said both of inanimate bodies and animals, while leap is used only of the latter. Phrases. †to take at the (first) bound: to take up at the first opportunity, at the outset; to do at once. to take before the bound: to be beforehand with. at a bound: by an instantaneous movement. to advance by leaps and bounds: to make startlingly rapid progress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > take prompt action spring1548 to take at the (first) bounda1556 to be quick off (occasionally also on) the mark1914 to jump to it1917 to snap (in)to1918 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > a leap, spring, or jump leapOE startc1330 saulta1350 lope14.. launchc1440 sprenting?a1475 loup1487 springa1500 stenda1500 benda1522 sprenta1522 bounce1523 jump1552 sally1589 rise1600 bound1667 vault1728 sprinta1800 spang1817 spend1825 upleap1876 sprit1880 bunny hop1950 bunny-hop1969 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vi. sig. G.ijv If you coulde haue take it vp at the first bounde, We should..pastime haue founde. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 73 Youthfull and vnhandled colts fetching mad bounds . View more context for this quotation 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xvi. 422 They resolved to take the matter at the first bound. 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 56 'Tis good then to put wings unto them, and to take the ball before the bound. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 181 Th' arch-fellon..At one slight bound high overleap'd all bound Of Hill or highest Wall. View more context for this quotation 1704 J. Addison tr. Ovid Metamorphoses in Poet. Misc. V. 66 The Horses started with a sudden Bound. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 91 At every bound I see, I feel The earth rush round. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine ii. 26 He plunges at a bound into the east. < as lemmas |
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