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单词 leapfrog
释义 leapfrog
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: leap (I) + frog
1. : a game in which one player bends down on all fours and another places his hands on the first player's shoulders or back and leaps over him
2. : an act of leapfrogging
 < aerial assaults, perhaps followed by new amphibious leapfrogsTime >
II. verb
(leapfrogged ; leapfrogged ; leapfrogging ; leapfrogs)
intransitive verb
: to leap or progress in or as if in the game of leapfrog: as
 a. : to move from one locality to another in one or more jumps
  < the vast majority came to our shores and then leapfrogged West — G.W.Pierson >
  < leapfrogging from city to city, lecturing — Bernard Kalb >
  < people leapfrogged from one suburban rim to the other >
 b. : to pass or go ahead of one another in turn
  < giant trucks and midget cars leapfrogging along a highway >
transitive verb
1. : to go ahead of (each other) in turn : leapfrog over
 < packaging improvements and sales have been leapfrogging each other — Modern Packaging >
 < arranged to fish alternate pools, leapfrogging each other — Nevil Shute >
 < teams of scientists leapfrog each other, spurting ahead of the column to set up their instruments — Time >
specifically : to advance (two military units or parts of two military units) by keeping one unit in action while moving the other unit past or through it to a position farther in front
2. : to evade (an obstacle) by or as if by a bypass or jump
 < demonstrated its ability to leapfrog defense pacts and unfriendly borders — John Bird >
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