leaps

英 [liːps]

美 [liːps]

v.  跳; 跳跃; 跳越; 猛冲; 突然做(某事); 骤增; 剧增; 猛涨
n.  跳越; 跳跃; 跳高; 骤变; 剧增; 激增
leap的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

British English usually uses the form leapt as the past tense and past participle. American English usually uses leaped. 英国英语通常用leapt作过去式和过去分词，美国英语则通常用leaped。


• VERB 纵身；跳；跃
  If youleap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
  1. He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped...
     他从大楼一个窗口跳出去跑了。
  2. The newsreels show him leaping into the air...
     新闻短片里有他跳向空中的画面。
  3. The man threw his arms out as he leapt.
     该男子张开双臂，纵身一跳。
  4. Leapis also a noun.
     
  5. Smith took Britain's fifth medal of the championships with a leap of 2.37 metres.
     史密斯跳出2.37米的成绩，为英国夺得锦标赛的第5枚奖牌。
• VERB 迅捷地移动
  If youleapsomewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
  1. The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off...
     两名男子跳上吉普车，疾驰而去。
  2. With a terrible howl, he leapt forward and threw himself into the water.
     他狂吼一声，向前猛冲，纵身跳进水中。
• VERB （车辆）飞奔，疾驶
  If a vehicleleapssomewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
  1. The car leapt forward.
     汽车向前飞驰。
• N-COUNT 骤变；激增；飞跃
  Aleapis a large and important change, increase, or advance.
  1. The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
     其结果是生产力的大幅提高。
  2. ...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000...
     由35,000猛增至75,000的失业人数
  3. Contemporary art has taken a huge leap forward in the last five or six years.
     当代艺术在过去五六年间突飞猛进。
• VERB 骤变；激增；飞跃
  If youleap toa particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.
  1. Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex.
     沃里克队在排名中蹿升至第3名，落后领先的埃塞克斯队31分。
• VERB （因吃惊、害怕、高兴等心脏）猛地跳动
  If you say that your heartleaps, you mean that you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise, fear, or happiness.
  1. My heart leaped at the sight of her.
     我见到她时心都要跳出来了。
• VERB 赶紧抓住（机会）
  If youleap ata chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
  1. The post of principal of the theatre school became vacant and he leapt at the chance.
     戏剧学校校长一职出缺，他马上抓住了这个机会。
• PHRASE （改善或增长）非常迅速地，飞跃地
  You can usein leaps and boundsorby leaps and boundsto emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
  1. He's improved in leaps and bounds this season...
     他今季的表现一日千里。
  2. The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.
     地球上的物种数目似乎正飞速增长。
• PHRASE 冒险举动；瞎闯
  If you takea leap in the darkora leap into the unknown, you do something without having any previous experience in that activity or knowledge of it.
  1. Prudent people are not going to take a leap in the dark...
     小心谨慎的人是不会轻易冒险的。
  2. Once more he's making a leap into the unknown without a plan.
     他再次毫无计划地乱闯。

双语例句

• The electronics industry is developing by leaps and bounds.
  电子工业出现了跃进的局面。
• Jill's making excellent progress; she's coming along in leaps and bounds.
  吉尔进步很快，她正飞快地赶上。
• He's improved in leaps and bounds this season
  他今季的表现一日千里。
• The total number of species on the planet appears to be growing by leaps and bounds.
  地球上的物种数目似乎正飞速增长。
• Socialist construction is going ahead by leaps and bounds in our country.
  我国社会主义建设事业突飞猛进。
• The future development of science and technology will result in new and major leaps.
  未来的科技发展还将产生新的重大飞跃。
• The monkey leaps from branch to branch.
  那猴子在树枝间跳来跳去。
• In recent years, industry and commerce have developed by leaps and bounds.
  近几年来，工业和商业有了飞速的发展。
• Mouse designers have made leaps in ergonomics.
  鼠标设计师在人体工程学上已经实现了突破。
• Meanwhile, gene-sequencing technology has progressed by leaps and bounds, becoming far cheaper in the process.
  同时，基因序列分析技术有了跳跃式和更广阔的进步，并且处理过程变的更加便宜。