leap /liːp/ CET4 TEM4 ( leaping, leapt, leaps )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you leap, you jump high in the air or jump a long distance. 跳跃

  例：

  He leaped in the air and waved his fists to the fans as he ran out of the stadium.

  他跑出体育馆，跳起来向他的崇拜者们挥舞着拳头。

  例：

  Frederick leaped 22 feet, 7¼ inches on his second attempt.

  弗雷德里克第2次试跳跳了22英尺7.25英寸。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Leap is also a noun. 跳跃

  例：

  The suspect took a leap out of a third-storey window.

  那个犯罪嫌疑人从三楼的窗口跳了出去。

• 3. 

  V-I If you leap somewhere, you move there suddenly and quickly. 急速移动

  例：

  The two men leaped into the jeep and roared off.

  那两个人飞快地跳上吉普车呼啸而去。

• 4. 

  V-I If a vehicle leaps somewhere, it moves there in a short sudden movement. (车辆) 突然移动

  例：

  The car leaped forward.

  汽车突然向前冲去。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A leap is a large and important change, increase, or advance. 巨变; 剧增 [journalism]

  例：

  The result has been a giant leap in productivity.

  其结果就是生产力的大幅度提高。

  例：

  ...the leap in the unemployed from 35,000 to 75,000.

  …失业人数从3.5万人猛增到7.5万人。

• 6. 

  V-I If you leap to a particular place or position, you make a large and important change, increase, or advance. 巨变; 剧增

  例：

  Bush's approval rating leaped to an astounding 88 percent.

  布什的支持率令人吃惊地剧增到了88%。