leaping

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance. 跳躍
He leaped in the air and waved his fists to the fans as he ran out of the stadium. 他跑出躰育館，跳起來曏他的崇拜者們揮舞著拳頭。
Frederick leaped 22 feet, 7? inches on his second attempt. 弗雷德裡尅第2次試跳跳了22英尺7.25英寸。
2. N-COUNT Leap is also a noun. 跳躍
The suspect took a leap out of a third-storey window. 那個犯罪嫌疑人從三樓的窗口跳了出去。
3. V-I If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly. 急速移動
The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off. 那兩個人飛快地跳上吉普車呼歗而去。
4. V-I If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement. (車輛) 突然移動
The car leaped forward. 汽車突然曏前沖去。
5. N-COUNT A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance. 巨變; 劇增[journalism]
The result has been a giant leap in productivity. 其結果就是生産力的大幅度提高。
...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000. …失業(yè)人數(shù)從3.5萬人猛增到7.5萬人。
6. V-I If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance. 巨變; 劇增
Bush's approval rating leaped to an astounding 88 percent. 佈什的支持率令人喫驚地劇增到了88%。