leap

Word family nounleaperleapfrogleap yearverbleap

leap1 /liːp/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp leapt /lept/ especially British EnglishBrE, leaped especially American EnglishAmE)

1 jump 跳

a) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]JUMP to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place 跳，跳跃

She leapt over the fence.

她跳过篱笆。

The smaller animals can easily leap from tree to tree.

体形较小的动物可以在树丛间轻巧地跳来跳去。

b) [transitiveT] literaryJUMP to jump over something 跳过，跃过

Brenda leaped the gate and ran across the field.

布伦达跃过大门，跑过田野。

► see thesaurus at jump →4 See picture of 见图 JUMP 1

2 move fast 快速移动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move very quickly and with a lot of energy 猛冲

I leapt up the stairs three at a time.

我一步三级地冲上楼。

He leapt out of bed.

他从床上一跃而起。

She leapt to her feet (=stood up quickly) and started shouting.

她立刻站起来开始大喊大叫。

3 increase 增加 [intransitiveI]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase quickly and by a large amount 骤增，剧增 OPP tumble

leap to

Profits leapt to £376m.

利润骤增至3.76亿英镑。

He leapt 27 places to second spot.

他上升了27位，跃居第二名。

4 leap at the chance/opportunity ENTHUSIASTICto accept an opportunity very eagerly 急忙抓住机会

I leapt at the chance of studying abroad.

我赶紧抓住了出国留学的机会。

Examples from the Corpus

leap at the chance/opportunity• It would be naive to believe that there aren't lots of people who would leap at the opportunity.• Some may leap at the chance.

5 leap to somebody’s defence British EnglishBrE, leap to somebody’s defense American English to quickly defend someone 马上保护某人

When her younger brother was being bullied she leapt to his defence.

弟弟遭人欺负，她挺身而出保护他。

Examples from the Corpus

leap to somebody’s defence• But the girlfriend of deputy manager John Onanuga leapt to his defence.• The stats cant leap to his defence either.• Did Geoffrey leap to the defence of every person with disabilities whom he encountered?

6 heart 心脏 [intransitiveI] literaryHAPPYEXCITED if your heart leaps, you feel a sudden surprise, happiness, or excitement 〔心〕猛跳

My heart leaped when I saw Paul at the airport.

在机场看到保罗时，我的心猛地一跳。

7.leap out at somebody phrasal verbphr v if a word or phrase in a piece of writing leaps out at you, you notice it particularly, because it is interesting, important etc 〔文章中的词语〕跃入…的眼帘 SYN jump out at

Examples from the Corpus

leap out at • The fine, romantic handwriting suddenly leaps out at me again from the surrounding porridge of the Quaker Oats archive.• Barons' example did not leap out at me at first.• The trees, illuminated, leaping out at one.• On page after page of his work sentences leap out at the eye to be noted and remembered.

→ look before you leap at look1(12)

Examples from the Corpus

leap• The price of gas leapt 15% overnight.• Shares leapt about 5% to $32.375.• We leapt from rock to rock, trying to synchronise the landing wobble into a launch aid.• Men, on the other hand, might leap higher, suspend themselves longer, and whirl faster.• It was leaping in stillness to receive the Light.• At one point I was forced to leap into a hip-high drift to avoid being run over by an oil truck.• But what is all that leaping into each others' arms, Peli with his legs wrapped round Jairzinho's waist?• The branch shattered in half, and the gulls crouched to leap, only to be sucked under the bow waves.• Tessa leaped onto the boat just as it was moving away from the bank.• The fish leaped out of the water.• They had leapt out, screaming murderously, but now they dropped all around us, dying and dead.• The bartender leapt over the bar and tried to stop the fight.• I leapt the fence to safety, leaving the dog snarling behind me.• He leaped through the window and was gone.• David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee.

leapt to ... feet• Laura leapt to her feet, a sign that she was about to deliver her own speech.• David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee.• As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.• Burun leapt to his feet and charged out of the door.• Duvall lashed backwards, but Jimmy had leapt to his feet, colliding with one of the hessian screens.• He leapt to his feet, took Talbot's hand, and shook it vigorously.• She leapt to her feet with a cry which was instantly stifled by a mouthful of insects.• Gilbert uttered a strangled cry and leapt to his feet with shadow reflections of crawling rain on his spectrally white face.

leap2 noun [countableC]

1 JUMPa big jump 跳跃 SYN bound

He threw a stick into the river and the dog went after it in a flying leap.

他把一根枝条扔到河里，那条狗一个飞跃就追了过去。

2 a large increase or change 剧增，激增；剧变

quantum/great/huge etc leap

a quantum leap (=very great increase or change) in population levels

人口水平的巨大增长

leap in

a 16% leap in pre-tax profits

税前利润激增16%

leap forward

the huge leap forward that took place in the 1980s

发生在20世纪80年代的巨大飞跃

3 by/in leaps and bounds LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTif something increases, develops, grows etc by leaps and bounds, it does it very quickly 迅速地，突飞猛进地

Lifeboat technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.

救生艇技术突飞猛进。

Examples from the Corpus

by/in leaps and bounds• As the 1860s drew to a close, Kansas effectively put its violent heritage behind; change accelerated by leaps and bounds.• Existing industries expanded in leaps and bounds.• In fact, vegetarianism is growing by leaps and bounds, particularly among the health-conscious.• Meanwhile, California was now using up its entire entitlement and still growing by leaps and bounds.• Since Richard left for California last fall, my bank account has grown by leaps and bounds.• The women's confidence increased by leaps and bounds.• He has come on in leaps and bounds this season.• Meanwhile, Charles was recovering in leaps and bounds.

4. a leap of (the) imagination (also an imaginative leap) a mental process that is needed to understand something difficult or see the connection between two very different ideas 想象跳跃，想象力的发挥

5. leap in the dark RISKsomething you do without knowing what will happen as a result 冒险举动，轻举妄动；瞎闯

Examples from the Corpus

leap in the dark• Critics also worry that compassionate conservatism is a leap in the dark without any empirical evidence to back it up.• The man who hopes to be Chancellor next week can not surely be preparing a leap in the dark.• Ten minutes later - another leap in the dark - he offered the appointment to Churchill.

6. leap of faith something you do even though it involves a risk, hoping that it will have a good result 果敢的举动

Examples from the Corpus

leap of faith• For this the Middle East needs a leap of faith.• These reforms, untested by pilot evaluations, represent a leap of faith.• If not, some franchise will have to take a leap of faith.• The change is also so unprecedented that it necessitates a genuine leap of faith.• It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.• For my taste, there are a few too many leaps of faith required.• It would take only a minor leap of faith, a moment of transcendence, to believe that Christine Ashdown stared back.• Privatization would be an untested leap of faith.

Examples from the Corpus

leap• Gold shares gained following a leap in the price of gold.• Powell won with a leap of 27 feet, 10 inches.• The momentum derives not from a lulling flow or titillating suspense but from astoundingly acrobatic leaps from perch to perch.• Borrowers have been warned to expect another leap in bank interest rates.• Coffee and orange juice prices made their biggest leaps on Friday.• They will ride the surf or the bows of a vessel, constantly passing back and forth and making boisterous leaps.• I can see the Internet business growing by leaps and bounds.• Yet our conventional forces have not made an equivalent leap into the future.• It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.• His spirits, which had dropped at her last words, rose with an irrational leap.• In one leap, that acquisition made Northern Britain's biggest milkman, with approaching a quarter of the market.• Not the leap Halle believed it would be.• With a tremendous leap, James managed to catch the ball.

quantum/great/huge etc leap• When she read the first word, J O E, her heart gave a great leap.• Then her heart gave a great leap.• The use of the sea lions is a great leap forward in whale-tracking technology, Hurley said.• Agricultural technologies have revolutionized farm production, resulting in quantum leaps in output.• He needed to walk, to run, to take great leaps into the air.• Since the Great Leap Forward of the 1950s, millions of young and unemployed people have been sent to the countryside.• The quantum leap expressed itself partly in population levels.• But Mr Glocer says that the company has dealt with great leaps in delivery before.

From Longman Business Dictionary

leapleap1 /liːp/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp leapt /lept/ especially British EnglishBrE, leaped especially American EnglishAmE) [intransitiveI]

to increase quickly and by a large amount

Shares leapt about 5% to $32.375.

leapleap2 noun [countableC]

a sudden large increase in the number or amount of something

Sales and earnings took a huge leap.

leap in

Gold shares gained following a leap in the price of gold.

→ quantum leap

Origin leap1

Old English hleapan

单词	leap
释义	leap Word family nounleaperleapfrogleap yearverbleap leap1 /liːp/ ●●○ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp leapt /lept/ especially British EnglishBrE, leaped especially American EnglishAmE) 1 jump 跳 a) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]JUMP to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place 跳，跳跃 She leapt over the fence. 她跳过篱笆。 The smaller animals can easily leap from tree to tree. 体形较小的动物可以在树丛间轻巧地跳来跳去。 b) [transitiveT] literaryJUMP to jump over something 跳过，跃过 Brenda leaped the gate and ran across the field. 布伦达跃过大门，跑过田野。 ► see thesaurus at jump →4 See picture of 见图 JUMP 1 2 move fast 快速移动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move very quickly and with a lot of energy 猛冲 I leapt up the stairs three at a time. 我一步三级地冲上楼。 He leapt out of bed. 他从床上一跃而起。 She leapt to her feet (=stood up quickly) and started shouting. 她立刻站起来开始大喊大叫。 3 increase 增加 [intransitiveI]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase quickly and by a large amount 骤增，剧增 OPP tumble leap to Profits leapt to £376m. 利润骤增至3.76亿英镑。 He leapt 27 places to second spot. 他上升了27位，跃居第二名。 4 leap at the chance/opportunity ENTHUSIASTICto accept an opportunity very eagerly 急忙抓住机会 I leapt at the chance of studying abroad. 我赶紧抓住了出国留学的机会。 Examples from the Corpus leap at the chance/opportunity• It would be naive to believe that there aren't lots of people who would leap at the opportunity.• Some may leap at the chance. 5 leap to somebody’s defence British EnglishBrE, leap to somebody’s defense American English to quickly defend someone 马上保护某人 When her younger brother was being bullied she leapt to his defence. 弟弟遭人欺负，她挺身而出保护他。 Examples from the Corpus leap to somebody’s defence• But the girlfriend of deputy manager John Onanuga leapt to his defence.• The stats cant leap to his defence either.• Did Geoffrey leap to the defence of every person with disabilities whom he encountered? 6 heart 心脏 [intransitiveI] literaryHAPPYEXCITED if your heart leaps, you feel a sudden surprise, happiness, or excitement 〔心〕猛跳 My heart leaped when I saw Paul at the airport. 在机场看到保罗时，我的心猛地一跳。 7.leap out at somebody phrasal verbphr v if a word or phrase in a piece of writing leaps out at you, you notice it particularly, because it is interesting, important etc 〔文章中的词语〕跃入…的眼帘 SYN jump out at Examples from the Corpus leap out at • The fine, romantic handwriting suddenly leaps out at me again from the surrounding porridge of the Quaker Oats archive.• Barons' example did not leap out at me at first.• The trees, illuminated, leaping out at one.• On page after page of his work sentences leap out at the eye to be noted and remembered. → look before you leap at look1(12) Examples from the Corpus leap• The price of gas leapt 15% overnight.• Shares leapt about 5% to $32.375.• We leapt from rock to rock, trying to synchronise the landing wobble into a launch aid.• Men, on the other hand, might leap higher, suspend themselves longer, and whirl faster.• It was leaping in stillness to receive the Light.• At one point I was forced to leap into a hip-high drift to avoid being run over by an oil truck.• But what is all that leaping into each others' arms, Peli with his legs wrapped round Jairzinho's waist?• The branch shattered in half, and the gulls crouched to leap, only to be sucked under the bow waves.• Tessa leaped onto the boat just as it was moving away from the bank.• The fish leaped out of the water.• They had leapt out, screaming murderously, but now they dropped all around us, dying and dead.• The bartender leapt over the bar and tried to stop the fight.• I leapt the fence to safety, leaving the dog snarling behind me.• He leaped through the window and was gone.• David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee. leapt to ... feet• Laura leapt to her feet, a sign that she was about to deliver her own speech.• David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee.• As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.• Burun leapt to his feet and charged out of the door.• Duvall lashed backwards, but Jimmy had leapt to his feet, colliding with one of the hessian screens.• He leapt to his feet, took Talbot's hand, and shook it vigorously.• She leapt to her feet with a cry which was instantly stifled by a mouthful of insects.• Gilbert uttered a strangled cry and leapt to his feet with shadow reflections of crawling rain on his spectrally white face. leap2 ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 JUMPa big jump 跳跃 SYN bound He threw a stick into the river and the dog went after it in a flying leap. 他把一根枝条扔到河里，那条狗一个飞跃就追了过去。 2 a large increase or change 剧增，激增；剧变 quantum/great/huge etc leap a quantum leap (=very great increase or change) in population levels 人口水平的巨大增长 leap in a 16% leap in pre-tax profits 税前利润激增16% leap forward the huge leap forward that took place in the 1980s 发生在20世纪80年代的巨大飞跃 3 by/in leaps and bounds LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTif something increases, develops, grows etc by leaps and bounds, it does it very quickly 迅速地，突飞猛进地 Lifeboat technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. 救生艇技术突飞猛进。 Examples from the Corpus by/in leaps and bounds• As the 1860s drew to a close, Kansas effectively put its violent heritage behind; change accelerated by leaps and bounds.• Existing industries expanded in leaps and bounds.• In fact, vegetarianism is growing by leaps and bounds, particularly among the health-conscious.• Meanwhile, California was now using up its entire entitlement and still growing by leaps and bounds.• Since Richard left for California last fall, my bank account has grown by leaps and bounds.• The women's confidence increased by leaps and bounds.• He has come on in leaps and bounds this season.• Meanwhile, Charles was recovering in leaps and bounds. 4. a leap of (the) imagination (also an imaginative leap) a mental process that is needed to understand something difficult or see the connection between two very different ideas 想象跳跃，想象力的发挥 5. leap in the dark RISKsomething you do without knowing what will happen as a result 冒险举动，轻举妄动；瞎闯 Examples from the Corpus leap in the dark• Critics also worry that compassionate conservatism is a leap in the dark without any empirical evidence to back it up.• The man who hopes to be Chancellor next week can not surely be preparing a leap in the dark.• Ten minutes later - another leap in the dark - he offered the appointment to Churchill. 6. leap of faith something you do even though it involves a risk, hoping that it will have a good result 果敢的举动 Examples from the Corpus leap of faith• For this the Middle East needs a leap of faith.• These reforms, untested by pilot evaluations, represent a leap of faith.• If not, some franchise will have to take a leap of faith.• The change is also so unprecedented that it necessitates a genuine leap of faith.• It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.• For my taste, there are a few too many leaps of faith required.• It would take only a minor leap of faith, a moment of transcendence, to believe that Christine Ashdown stared back.• Privatization would be an untested leap of faith. Examples from the Corpus leap• Gold shares gained following a leap in the price of gold.• Powell won with a leap of 27 feet, 10 inches.• The momentum derives not from a lulling flow or titillating suspense but from astoundingly acrobatic leaps from perch to perch.• Borrowers have been warned to expect another leap in bank interest rates.• Coffee and orange juice prices made their biggest leaps on Friday.• They will ride the surf or the bows of a vessel, constantly passing back and forth and making boisterous leaps.• I can see the Internet business growing by leaps and bounds.• Yet our conventional forces have not made an equivalent leap into the future.• It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.• His spirits, which had dropped at her last words, rose with an irrational leap.• In one leap, that acquisition made Northern Britain's biggest milkman, with approaching a quarter of the market.• Not the leap Halle believed it would be.• With a tremendous leap, James managed to catch the ball. quantum/great/huge etc leap• When she read the first word, J O E, her heart gave a great leap.• Then her heart gave a great leap.• The use of the sea lions is a great leap forward in whale-tracking technology, Hurley said.• Agricultural technologies have revolutionized farm production, resulting in quantum leaps in output.• He needed to walk, to run, to take great leaps into the air.• Since the Great Leap Forward of the 1950s, millions of young and unemployed people have been sent to the countryside.• The quantum leap expressed itself partly in population levels.• But Mr Glocer says that the company has dealt with great leaps in delivery before. From Longman Business Dictionary leapleap1 /liːp/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp leapt /lept/ especially British EnglishBrE, leaped especially American EnglishAmE) [intransitiveI] to increase quickly and by a large amount Shares leapt about 5% to $32.375. leapleap2 noun [countableC] a sudden large increase in the number or amount of something Sales and earnings took a huge leap. leap in Gold shares gained following a leap in the price of gold. → quantum leap Origin leap1 Old English hleapan
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