| 单词 | leap |
| 释义 | leap (once / 104 pages) vn 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. 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. WORD FAMILYleap: leaped, leaper, leaping, leaps, leapt, overleap+/leaper: leapers/leaping: leapings/overleap: overleaped, overleaping, overleaps USAGE EXAMPLES“It was definitely a leap of faith,” Robinson said after a recent game at Michigan’s Crisler Arena. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) From this fictional warning, it is not such a great leap to Trump’s Oceania and Putin’s Eurasia. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) While cheese may be, as the legendary editor Clifton Fadiman called it, “milk’s leap toward immortality,” here it is death on a plate. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1v move forward by leaps and bounds The child leapt across the puddle Syn|Hypo|Hyper bound, jump, spring pronk jump straight up bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hopspring back; spring away from an impact burstmove suddenly, energetically, or violently bounceleap suddenly caprioleperform a capriole, of horses in dressage galumphmove around heavily and clumsily ski jumpjump on skis saltateleap or skip, often in dancing vaultbound vigorously leapfrogjump across overleap, vaultjump across or leap over (an obstacle) curvetperform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse hop, hop-skip, skipjump lightly caperjump about playfully hopmake a jump forward or upward kick, kick back, recoilspring back, as from a forceful thrust bound off, skipbound off one point after another caromrebound after hitting hurdlejump a hurdle move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2v jump down from an elevated point the widow leapt into the funeral pyre Syn|Hyper jump, jump off move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 3v cause to jump or leap Syn jump 4v pass abruptly from one state or topic to another leap into fame Syn|Hyper jump change, shift, switch lay aside, abandon, or leave for another 5n a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards Syn|Hypo|Hyper bounce, bound, leaping, saltation, spring caper, capriole a playful leap or hop pouncethe act of pouncing jump, jumping the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground 6n the distance leaped (or to be leaped) a leap of 10 feet Hypo|Hyper elevation (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump distance the property created by the space between two objects or points 7n an abrupt transition a successful leap from college to the major leagues Syn|Hypo|Hyper jump, saltation quantum jump (physics) an abrupt transition of an electron or atom or molecule from one quantum state to another with the emission or absorption of a quantum transition a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another 8n a sudden and decisive increase Syn|Hypo|Hyper jump quantum jump, quantum leap a sudden large increase or advance increase a change resulting in an increase |
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