leap

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, 7¼ 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. …失業人數從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%。