【leap音标】 英[li:p] 美[li:p]
【单词释义】 leap是什么意思：
v.跳，跳跃；骤变，激增；跳过，跃过；使跳跃
n.跳跃，飞跃；跳高；骤变，激增
[单词分级] 大学英语四级词汇
[单词复数] leaps [第三人称单数] leaps
[单词现在分词] leaping
[单词过去式] leapt,leaped
[单词过去分词] leapt,leaped
【leap形近词/近似词】
cheap adj.便宜的，廉价的
reap v.获得；收获；得到（报偿）；收割
heap n.堆，堆积；许多，大量 vt.堆积，堆放；扔成一堆
【近义词解析】
◇ 跳
jump (v. 跳，跳跃)：普通用词，指用双脚向上、向下跳，或跳到、跳过一定距离外的某一点。
leap ([四级]v. 跳跃，跃过)：常可与 jump 换用，但侧重表示身体猛力向上跃起并朝前急冲的动作，有时含突然之意。
spring (v. 跳，蹦，跃起)：指凭借很强的弹跳力突然而快速地跳跃。
【单词例句】
◇ Over the years, aerospace engineering has made huge leaps in aeroplane technology, meaning planes can carry more passengers and go faster. The planes have also changed shape to increase safety – including the windows.
多年来，航空航天工程在飞机技术上取得了巨大的飞跃，这意味着飞机可以运载更多的乘客，飞行速度更快。同时，为了提高飞机的安全性，飞机在外形上也做出了相应的改变。舷窗，便是变化之一。
---- This Is Why Aeroplane Windows Are Rounded
◇ The wolf had scarcely finished speaking when he jumped from the bed with a single leap and ate up poor Little Red Cap. As soon as the wolf had satisfied his desires, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and began to snore very loudly.
狼刚把话说完，就从床上跳起来，把小红帽吞进了肚子，狼满足了食欲之后便重新躺到床上睡觉，而且鼾声震天。
---- Little Red Cap