soar
verb/sɔː(r)/
/sɔːr/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they soar | /sɔː(r)/ /sɔːr/ |
| he / she / it soars | /sɔːz/ /sɔːrz/ |
| past simple soared | /sɔːd/ /sɔːrd/ |
| past participle soared | /sɔːd/ /sɔːrd/ |
| -ing form soaring | /ˈsɔːrɪŋ/ /ˈsɔːrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] if the value, amount or level of something soars, it rises very quickly
急升；猛增 - soaring costs/prices/temperatures
猛增的成本；飞涨的物价；骤升的温度 - Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels.
空气污染很快就会超过安全水平。 - Unemployment has soared to 18 per cent.
失业率猛升到了 18%。
Homophones soar | soresoar sore/sɔː(r)//sɔːr/- soar verb
- Fuel prices are set to soar.
燃油价格将会飙升。
- Fuel prices are set to soar.
- sore adjective
- My eyes are sore from staring at a screen for too long.
我的眼睛因盯着屏幕太久而酸痛。
- My eyes are sore from staring at a screen for too long.
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1- Soaring costs have made progress difficult.
猛增的成本使进展变得困难了。 - Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion.
借款很有可能猛增至惊人的 600 亿英镑。 - Inflation has soared from 5 per cent to 15 per cent.
通货膨胀率从5%飙升至15%。 - Profits have soared dramatically in recent months.
近几个月来利润猛增。 - Property stock has soared to new heights.
地产股飞涨并创新高。 - Retail sales soared by 10 per cent in the twelve months to November.
截至 11 月的 12 个月内，零售额猛增 10%。 - The death toll soared past 100 000.
死亡人数激增，超过了 10 万人。 - The fuel shortage sent prices soaring.
燃料短缺使价格飞涨。 - This model will soar up the sales charts.
这个型号的销售业绩将猛升。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- dramatically
- be expected to
- be set to
- by
- from
- to
- …
- send something soaring
- soar to new heights
- soaring costs/prices/temperatures
- [intransitive] soar (up) (into something) to rise quickly and smoothly up into the air
升空；升腾 - The rocket soared (up) into the air.
火箭升空。 - (figurative) Her spirits soared (= she became very happy and excited).
她情绪高涨。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airc1- The plane was soon soaring up into the sky.
飞机很快就要升空了。 - The ball went soaring past my head.
那球从我的头顶飞过。 - She stopped suddenly and her bag went soaring through the air.
她骤然停下，于是乎手提包嗖地飞到半空中。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- overhead
- up
- …
- above
- across
- into
- …
- The rocket soared (up) into the air.
- [intransitive] to fly very high in the air or remain high in the air
高飞；翱翔 - an eagle soaring high above the cliffs
在山崖上空高高翱翔的鹰
Extra ExamplesTopics Birdsc1- A buzzard soared high overhead.
一只鵟在高空翱翔。 - The jets soared above us.
喷气式飞机在我们上方翱翔。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- overhead
- up
- …
- above
- across
- into
- …
- an eagle soaring high above the cliffs
- [intransitive] to be very high or tall
高耸；耸立 - soaring mountains
屹立的群山 - The building soared above us.
在我们眼前，那座大楼巍然高耸。 - The cliffs soared upward.
峭壁高耸入云。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- overhead
- up
- …
- above
- across
- into
- …
- soaring mountains
- [intransitive] when music soars, it becomes higher or louder
（音乐）升高，增强 - soaring strings
激昂的弦乐 - Her voice would soar over the orchestra with little effort.
她的声音毫不费力就能在管弦乐队中翱翔。
- soaring strings
Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of Old French essorer, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aura ‘breeze’.