leap
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To jump.
Th’ infernal monarch rear’d his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune’s arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day.
It is better to leap into the void.
- 2.
(transitive)To pass over by a leap or jump.
to leap a wall or a ditch
- 3.
(archaic, transitive)To copulate with (a female beast)
- 4.
(archaic)To copulate with (a human)
- 5.
(transitive)To cause to leap.
to leap a horse across a ditch
Danh từ
noun- 1.
The act of leaping or jumping.
He made a leap across the river.
1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.
- 2.
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- 3.
A group of leopards.
- 4.
(figuratively)A significant move forward.
- 5.
(figuratively)A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.
- 6.
(mining) A fault.
- 7.
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
- 8.
(music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
- 9.
A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.
- 10.
A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
- 11.
Half a bushel.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)(calendar) Intercalary, bissextile.
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From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. lope lowp elope gallop galop interlope loop.