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单词 skyrocket
释义 skyrocket
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun
1. : rocket III 1
2. or skyrocket gilia : a No. American biennial or perennial herb (Gilia aggregata) having flowers with linear reflexed lobes and often cultivated as an ornamental
II. intransitive verb
1. : to rise abruptly and rapidly
 < expenses, salaries, income, all skyrocketed — J.T.Farrell >
 < national advertising … has skyrocketed … within the last few years — F.W.Doepke >
2. : to act in an impulsive, thoughtless, or irrational manner
 < you have … kept my feet on the ground when I was about to skyrocket — F.D.Roosevelt >
transitive verb
1. : to cause to rise or increase abruptly and rapidly
 < help skyrocket horsepower but add only a smidgen to torque — Frank Rowsome >
 < lavish touches which skyrocket costs — Frances W. Browin >
2. : to bring about the rapid and unexpected elevation of
 < won instant success and skyrocketed its author to fame — Fanny K. Wister >
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