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 you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance.
- He had leapt from a window in the building and escaped...
他从大楼一个窗口跳出去跑了。 - The newsreels show him leaping into the air...
新闻短片里有他跳向空中的画面。 - The man threw his arms out as he leapt.
该男子张开双臂,纵身一跳。 - Leap is also a noun.
- 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 you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly.
- The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off...
两名男子跳上吉普车,疾驰而去。 - 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 vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement.
- The car leapt forward.
汽车向前飞驰。
- N-COUNT 骤变;激增;飞跃
A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance.
- The result has been a giant leap in productivity.
其结果是生产力的大幅提高。 - ...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000...
由35,000猛增至75,000的失业人数 - 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 you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance.
- 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 heart leaps, you mean that you experience a sudden, very strong feeling of surprise, fear, or happiness.
- 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 you leap at a chance or opportunity, you accept it quickly and eagerly.
- 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 use in leaps and bounds or by leaps and bounds to emphasize that someone or something is improving or increasing quickly and greatly.
- 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。
- PHRASE 冒险举动;瞎闯
If you take a leap in the dark or a leap into the unknown, you do something without having any previous experience in that activity or knowledge of it.
- 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。 - Once more he's making a leap into the unknown without a plan.
他再次毫无计划地乱闯。