zoom1 /zuːm/ verb [intransitiveI] informal 1 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to go somewhere or do something very quickly 疾行前往;快速做事 SYN whizz, zipzoom off/around/down etc Brenda jumped in the car and zoomed off. 布伦达跳上汽车,疾驰而去。
The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours. 这工作容易得很,我两三个小时就干完了。
2 (also zoom up)INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase suddenly and quickly 陡升;激增 SYN escalatezoom to Inflation zoomed to 123%. 通货膨胀激增到123%。
3 zoom in phrasal verbphr v informal TCPif a camera zooms in, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem bigger and closer 〔镜头〕拉近 on The camera zoomed in on the child’s face. 摄像机将孩子的脸拉近了。
zoom on• The camera zoomed in on the child's face.
4.zoom out phrasal verbphr v informal TCPif a camera zooms out, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem smaller and further away 〔镜头〕推远