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leap

Word family 
leap1 /liːp/ ●●○ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp leapt /lept/ especially British EnglishBrE, leaped especially American EnglishAmE)  
1  jump 跳
a) [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]JUMP to jump high into the air or to jump in order to land in a different place 跳，跳跃
 She leapt over the fence.
她跳过篱笆。
 The smaller animals can easily leap from tree to tree.
体形较小的动物可以在树丛间轻巧地跳来跳去。
b) [transitiveT] literaryJUMP to jump over something 跳过，跃过
 Brenda leaped the gate and ran across the field.
布伦达跃过大门，跑过田野。
► see thesaurus at jump →4  See picture of 见图 JUMP 1
2  move fast 快速移动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move very quickly and with a lot of energy 猛冲
 I leapt up the stairs three at a time.
我一步三级地冲上楼。
 He leapt out of bed.
他从床上一跃而起。
 She leapt to her feet (=stood up quickly) and started shouting.
她立刻站起来开始大喊大叫。
3  increase 增加 [intransitiveI]INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase quickly and by a large amount 骤增，剧增 OPP tumble
leap to
 Profits leapt to £376m.
利润骤增至3.76亿英镑。
 He leapt 27 places to second spot.
他上升了27位，跃居第二名。
4  leap at the chance/opportunity ENTHUSIASTICto accept an opportunity very eagerly 急忙抓住机会
 I leapt at the chance of studying abroad.
我赶紧抓住了出国留学的机会。
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leap at the chance/opportunity• It would be naive to believe that there aren't lots of people who would leap at the opportunity.• Some may leap at the chance.
5  leap to somebody’s defence British EnglishBrE, leap to somebody’s defense American English to quickly defend someone 马上保护某人
 When her younger brother was being bullied she leapt to his defence.
弟弟遭人欺负，她挺身而出保护他。
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leap to somebody’s defence• But the girlfriend of deputy manager John Onanuga leapt to his defence.• The stats cant leap to his defence either.• Did Geoffrey leap to the defence of every person with disabilities whom he encountered?
6  heart 心脏 [intransitiveI] literaryHAPPYEXCITED if your heart leaps, you feel a sudden surprise, happiness, or excitement 〔心〕猛跳
 My heart leaped when I saw Paul at the airport.
在机场看到保罗时，我的心猛地一跳。
7.leap out at somebody phrasal verbphr v if a word or phrase in a piece of writing leaps out at you, you notice it particularly, because it is interesting, important etc 〔文章中的词语〕跃入…的眼帘 SYN jump out at
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leap out at • The fine, romantic handwriting suddenly leaps out at me again from the surrounding porridge of the Quaker Oats archive.• Barons' example did not leap out at me at first.• The trees, illuminated, leaping out at one.• On page after page of his work sentences leap out at the eye to be noted and remembered.
→ look before you leap at look1(12)
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leap• The price of gas leapt 15% overnight.• Shares leapt about 5% to $32.375.• We leapt from rock to rock, trying to synchronise the landing wobble into a launch aid.• Men, on the other hand, might leap higher, suspend themselves longer, and whirl faster.• It was leaping in stillness to receive the Light.• At one point I was forced to leap into a hip-high drift to avoid being run over by an oil truck.• But what is all that leaping into each others' arms, Peli with his legs wrapped round Jairzinho's waist?• The branch shattered in half, and the gulls crouched to leap, only to be sucked under the bow waves.• Tessa leaped onto the boat just as it was moving away from the bank.• The fish leaped out of the water.• They had leapt out, screaming murderously, but now they dropped all around us, dying and dead.• The bartender leapt over the bar and tried to stop the fight.• I leapt the fence to safety, leaving the dog snarling behind me.• He leaped through the window and was gone.• David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee.
leapt to ... feet• Laura leapt to her feet, a sign that she was about to deliver her own speech.• David Laing had leapt to his feet again, spraying his neighbours with cold coffee.• As she moved closer to him on the sofa, he leapt to his feet and began pacing the floor.• Burun leapt to his feet and charged out of the door.• Duvall lashed backwards, but Jimmy had leapt to his feet, colliding with one of the hessian screens.• He leapt to his feet, took Talbot's hand, and shook it vigorously.• She leapt to her feet with a cry which was instantly stifled by a mouthful of insects.• Gilbert uttered a strangled cry and leapt to his feet with shadow reflections of crawling rain on his spectrally white face.
leap2 ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  JUMPa big jump 跳跃 SYN bound
 He threw a stick into the river and the dog went after it in a flying leap.
他把一根枝条扔到河里，那条狗一个飞跃就追了过去。
2  a large increase or change 剧增，激增；剧变
quantum/great/huge etc leap
 a quantum leap (=very great increase or change) in population levels
人口水平的巨大增长
leap in
 a 16% leap in pre-tax profits
税前利润激增16%
leap forward
 the huge leap forward that took place in the 1980s
发生在20世纪80年代的巨大飞跃
3  by/in leaps and bounds LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTif something increases, develops, grows etc by leaps and bounds, it does it very quickly 迅速地，突飞猛进地
 Lifeboat technology has advanced by leaps and bounds.
救生艇技术突飞猛进。
Examples from the Corpus
by/in leaps and bounds• As the 1860s drew to a close, Kansas effectively put its violent heritage behind; change accelerated by leaps and bounds.• Existing industries expanded in leaps and bounds.• In fact, vegetarianism is growing by leaps and bounds, particularly among the health-conscious.• Meanwhile, California was now using up its entire entitlement and still growing by leaps and bounds.• Since Richard left for California last fall, my bank account has grown by leaps and bounds.• The women's confidence increased by leaps and bounds.• He has come on in leaps and bounds this season.• Meanwhile, Charles was recovering in leaps and bounds.
4. a leap of (the) imagination  (also an imaginative leap) a mental process that is needed to understand something difficult or see the connection between two very different ideas 想象跳跃，想象力的发挥
5. leap in the dark RISKsomething you do without knowing what will happen as a result 冒险举动，轻举妄动；瞎闯
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leap in the dark• Critics also worry that compassionate conservatism is a leap in the dark without any empirical evidence to back it up.• The man who hopes to be Chancellor next week can not surely be preparing a leap in the dark.• Ten minutes later - another leap in the dark - he offered the appointment to Churchill.
6. leap of faith something you do even though it involves a risk, hoping that it will have a good result 果敢的举动
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leap of faith• For this the Middle East needs a leap of faith.• These reforms, untested by pilot evaluations, represent a leap of faith.• If not, some franchise will have to take a leap of faith.• The change is also so unprecedented that it necessitates a genuine leap of faith.• It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.• For my taste, there are a few too many leaps of faith required.• It would take only a minor leap of faith, a moment of transcendence, to believe that Christine Ashdown stared back.• Privatization would be an untested leap of faith.
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leap• Gold shares gained following a leap in the price of gold.• Powell won with a leap of 27 feet, 10 inches.• The momentum derives not from a lulling flow or titillating suspense but from astoundingly acrobatic leaps from perch to perch.• Borrowers have been warned to expect another leap in bank interest rates.• Coffee and orange juice prices made their biggest leaps on Friday.• They will ride the surf or the bows of a vessel, constantly passing back and forth and making boisterous leaps.• I can see the Internet business growing by leaps and bounds.• Yet our conventional forces have not made an equivalent leap into the future.• It encompasses both the art of spin doctoring and also our fragile human need and ability to make huge leaps of faith.• His spirits, which had dropped at her last words, rose with an irrational leap.• In one leap, that acquisition made Northern Britain's biggest milkman, with approaching a quarter of the market.• Not the leap Halle believed it would be.• With a tremendous leap, James managed to catch the ball.
quantum/great/huge etc leap• When she read the first word, J O E, her heart gave a great leap.• Then her heart gave a great leap.• The use of the sea lions is a great leap forward in whale-tracking technology, Hurley said.• Agricultural technologies have revolutionized farm production, resulting in quantum leaps in output.• He needed to walk, to run, to take great leaps into the air.• Since the Great Leap Forward of the 1950s, millions of young and unemployed people have been sent to the countryside.• The quantum leap expressed itself partly in population levels.• But Mr Glocer says that the company has dealt with great leaps in delivery before.
From Longman Business Dictionary
leapleap1 /liːp/ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp leapt /lept/ especially British EnglishBrE, leaped especially American EnglishAmE) [intransitiveI]
to increase quickly and by a large amount
Shares leapt about 5% to $32.375.
leapleap2 noun [countableC]
a sudden large increase in the number or amount of something
Sales and earnings took a huge leap.
leap in
Gold shares gained following a leap in the price of gold.
→ quantum leap
Origin leap1
Old English hleapan
leap1 verbleap2 noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3425 COCA: 3621
leap

noun¹

 1big jump跳躍ADJECTIVE | VERB + LEAP | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤big, giant大步跳躍▸➤little小步跳躍▸➤flying, running快速跳躍◇He made a flying leap at the ball.他飛身躍起搶球。VERB + LEAP➤make, take飛躍PREPOSITION➤leap from, leap into, leap to從⋯躍起；躍入⋯；跳向⋯◇a leap into the air騰空一躍
leap

noun²

 2great change/increase in sth大變；激增ADJECTIVE | VERB + LEAP | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤big, enormous, giant, great, huge, quantum大幅增長◇There has been a quantum leap in profits since 1995.1995 年以來利潤大幅上漲。➤small小幅增長▸➤bold, dramatic, sudden劇增；突然上升◇a dramatic leap in the number of people out of work失業人數的劇增➤conceptual, imaginative, intuitive概念上的／想像的／直覺的跳躍➤logical邏輯上的跳躍▸➤technological技術的突飛猛進VERB + LEAP➤make, take飛速增長；發生變化◇They've made a great leap forward with their building in the last few years.最近幾年來，他們的建築工作有了長足的進步。◇Eight years ago, he took the leap and formed his own company.8 年前，他邁出飛躍性的一步，成立了自己的公司。PREPOSITION➤leap from, leap to從⋯的劇增；劇增到⋯◇a leap from $632 to $735從 632 美元飛漲到 735 美元➤leap in⋯方面的劇增◇a leap in prices價格的急劇上漲➤leap into向⋯的躍進◇a great leap into the unknown向未知世界的一大躍進➤leap of⋯的劇增◇a leap of 750%750% 的大幅提高PHRASES➤a leap forward躍進；大變化▸➤a leap of faith冒險舉動◇I chose to take a leap of faith and do the movie.我選擇頂着風險拍攝這部電影。➤by leaps and bounds, in leaps and bounds突飛猛進地◇His technique has come on in leaps and bounds this season.這個賽季他的技術突飛猛進。
leap

verb

ADVERB | VERB + LEAP | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤almost, nearly, practically幾乎跳起來◇He almost leaped down the stairs when he heard who it was.得知此人是誰時，他幾乎從樓梯上跳下來。➤immediately立刻跳起來▸➤suddenly突然跳起來▸➤quickly快速跳起來▸➤clear, high跳過；高高跳起◇She leaped clear of the water.她跳過水面。➤about, around, away, back, down, forward, out, up (and down)到處跳；跳開；跳回；跳下；向前跳；跳出；跳上（跳下）◇children leaping about with excitement高興得跳來跳去的孩子們VERB + LEAP➤seem to (figurative) 似乎跳起來◇The photograph seemed to leap off the page at her.這一頁上的照片跳入她的眼簾。➤be about to, be ready to正要跳；準備跳◇Don't be so nervous－anyone would think I was about to leap on you.別那麼緊張，你那樣的話大家都會以為我會朝你撲過去。PREPOSITION➤across跳過◇She leaped across the puddles.她跳過小水坑。➤from從⋯跳◇He leaped down from the ladder and ran over to her.他從梯子上一躍而下朝她奔去。➤into, off, on, onto跳進；跳離；跳上；跳到⋯上◇He leaped onto his horse and rode off.他跳上馬騎走了。➤out of跳出⋯◇He leaped out of bed when he heard the telephone.聽到電話鈴響他從牀上一躍而起。➤over躍過◇The horse leaped over high fences.馬躍過了高高的障礙。PHRASES➤leap to your feet迅速站起來◇Rose immediately leaped to her feet.羅絲立即站起來。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3425 COCA: 3621
leap verb
⇨ jump 1 (leap over a stream) ⇨ jump 2 (leap out of bed) ⇨ soar (shares leap in value)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3425 COCA: 3621

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