leap
verb /liːp/
/liːp/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they leap | /liːp/ /liːp/ |
| he / she / it leaps | /liːps/ /liːps/ |
| past simple leapt | /lept/ /lept/ |
| past participle leapt | /lept/ /lept/ |
| past simple leaped | /liːpt/ /liːpt/ |
| past participle leaped | /liːpt/ /liːpt/ |
| -ing form leaping | /ˈliːpɪŋ/ /ˈliːpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to jump high or a long way
跳；跳跃；跳越 - + adv./prep. A dolphin leapt out of the water.
海豚跃出水面。 - We leaped over the stream.
我们跳过了小溪。 - leap something The horse leapt a five-foot wall.
那匹马跃过了一道五英尺高的墙。
- She leaped across the puddles.
她跳过小水坑。 - She leaped clear of the water.
她跳过水面。 - The horse leaped over high fences.
马跃过了高高的障碍。 - A dolphin suddenly leapt out of the water.
一只海豚突然跃出了水面。 - The horse galloped on, leaping fences and hedges as it came to them.
那匹马一路飞奔，跃过遇到的一道道围栏和树篱。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- nearly
- practically
- …
- seem to
- be about to
- be ready to
- …
- across
- from
- into
- …
- leap to your feet
- + adv./prep. A dolphin leapt out of the water.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move or do something suddenly and quickly
猛冲；突然做（某事） - She leapt out of bed.
她突然翻身下了床。 - He leaped across the room to answer the door.
他跳过房间去开门。 - I leapt to my feet (= stood up quickly).
我赶紧站了起来。 - They leapt into action immediately.
他们立即断然采取了行动。 - (figurative) She was quick to leap to my defence (= speak in support of me).
她马上挺身而出为我辩护。 - The photo seemed to leap off the page (= it got your attention immediately).
那张照片跃然纸上，引人注目。 - His name leapt out at me (= I saw it immediately).
他的名字立刻映入了我的眼帘。
- Don't be so nervous—anyone would think I was about to leap on you.
别那么紧张，你那样的话大家都会以为我会朝你扑过去。 - He almost leaped down the stairs when he heard who it was.
得知此人是谁时，他几乎从楼梯上跳下来。 - He leaped down from the ladder and ran over to her.
他从梯子上一跃而下朝她奔去。 - He leapt onto his horse and rode off.
他跳上马，骑走了。 - He leapt out of bed when he heard the telephone.
他听到电话声就从床上跳了起来。 - Rose immediately leapt to her feet.
罗斯立即站了起来。 - children leaping about with excitement
高兴得跳来跳去的孩子们 - The people on the shore were leaping up and down and shouting.
岸上的人们跳上跳下，大喊大叫。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- nearly
- practically
- …
- seem to
- be about to
- be ready to
- …
- across
- from
- into
- …
- leap to your feet
- She leapt out of bed.
- [intransitive] leap (in something) (from…) (to…) to increase suddenly and by a large amount
骤增；剧增；猛涨 - The shares leapt in value from 476p to close at 536p.
股价从 476 便士猛涨到收盘时的 536 便士。 - The company saw pre-tax profits leap to £14.5 million in 2004.
2004年公司的税前利润骤增到1 450万英镑。
- The shares leapt in value from 476p to close at 536p.
词源Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning ‘run’, also to lope.
Idioms
somebody’s heart leaps
- used to say that somebody has a sudden feeling of happiness or excitement
心花怒放 - My heart leapt at the news.
听到这个消息，我的心怦怦直跳。 - Her heart leaped with joy.
她心花怒放。
- My heart leapt at the news.
jump/leap to conclusions | jump/leap to the conclusion that…
- to make a decision about somebody/something too quickly, before you know or have thought about all the facts
匆忙下结论；贸然断定 - There I go again—jumping to conclusions.
我又犯老毛病了——匆忙草率地下结论。
- Don't jump to conclusions.
别匆忙下结论。 - We don't want to jump to the wrong conclusion.
我们不想因匆忙而得出错误结论。
- There I go again—jumping to conclusions.
look before you leap
- (saying) used to advise somebody to think about the possible results or dangers of something before doing it
三思而后行