Leap

[liːp] or [lip]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.

(noun.) the distance leaped (or to be leaped); 'a leap of 10 feet'.

(noun.) an abrupt transition; 'a successful leap from college to the major leagues'.

(verb.) pass abruptly from one state or topic to another; 'leap into fame'; 'jump to a conclusion'; 'jump from one thing to another'.

欧内斯廷編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A basket.

(n.) A weel or wicker trap for fish.

(v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse.

(v. i.) To spring or move suddenly, as by a jump or by jumps; to bound; to move swiftly. Also Fig.

(v. t.) To pass over by a leap or jump; as, to leap a wall, or a ditch.

(v. t.) To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.

(v. t.) To cause to leap; as, to leap a horse across a ditch.

(n.) The act of leaping, or the space passed by leaping; a jump; a spring; a bound.

(n.) Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.

(n.) A fault.

(n.) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other and intermediate intervals.

手打:鲁迪

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. Jump, bound, spring, vault, hop, CAPER.

v. a. Jump over, bound across.

n. Jump, spring, bound, vault, hop, CAPER.

手打:奥齐

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Jump, bound, bounce, spring, vault, hop

ANT:Plunge, dip, dive, duck, walk

校對:伍德罗

解釋/意思:

n. a basket: a wicker net.

v.i. to move with bounds: to spring upward or forward: to jump: to rush with vehemence.—v.t. to bound over: to cause to take a leap: to cover or copulate (of some beasts):—pr.p. leap′ing; pa.t. leaped or leapt (lept); pa.p. leaped rarely leapt.—n. act of leaping: bound: space passed by leaping: sudden transition.—ns. Leap′-frog a play in which one boy places his hands on the back of another stooping in front of him and vaults over his head; Leap′ing-house (Shak.) a brothel; Leap′ing-time (Shak.) youth; Leap′-year every fourth year—of 366 days adding one day in February.—Leap in the dark an act of which we cannot foresee the consequences.

埃塞雷德編輯