soar
verb
uk/sɔːr/us/sɔːr/soarverb(RISE QUICKLY)
C2[Iusually+ adv/prep]
toriseveryquicklyto a highlevel:
猛增,骤升Allnightlongfireworkssoared into thesky.整个晚上焰火不断地升入高空。
Temperatures will soar over theweekend, say theweatherforecasters.天气预报员说,气温会在周末骤升。
Housepricessoared afurther20percent.房价又蹿升了20%。
to increase
- increaseWe need to increase production to meet demand.
- growThe number of people living alone grows each year.
- risePrices rose by 10 per cent.
- go upHouse prices keep going up.
- escalateCrime in the city has escalated in recent weeks.
C2[T]
toreachagreatheight:
升至(很高的高度),高达Thehighestpeakin therangesoars 15,771feetinto thesky.这一山脉的最高峰高耸入云,海拔达15771英尺。
- Sharepriceshave soared to a newall-timehigh in adayoffrantictradingon thestockmarket.
- Thepopularityof suchbandshas soared inrecentyears.
- Propertypriceshave soared in the last twoyears.
- Pollutionlevelsare soaring all thetime.
- AllacrossEurope,whereveryoulook,marriageis indeclineanddivorceratesare soaring.
Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fireidiom
- additive
- blaze
- crank
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- increment
- inflation
- mushroom
- re-escalation
- redouble
- resurge
- rocket
- saturation
- stake
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Moving upwards
soarverb(FLY)
[I]
(of abirdoraircraft) torisehigh in theairwhileflyingwithoutmovingthewingsor usingpower:
(鸟或飞行器)翱翔,飞翔Shewatchedthegliderssoaringeffortlesslyabove her.她看着滑翔机在她头顶上方轻松自如地翱翔。
Animal (non-human) behaviour
- accidental
- beg
- behave
- behaviour
- behavioural science
- behaviourist
- claw
- gambol
- groom
- housebroken
- migrate
- monogamous
- monogamy
- murmuration
- nocturnal
- non-migrant
- nuzzle
- ruminate
- scent
- skitter
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Movement through the air