leap

【词义解析】
leap一般用作vi.，主要词义包括：
1、跳跃,跳过;如：
He leapt out of bed.
他从床上跳了下来。
The dog leapt over the fence.
狗跳过了围栏。
The fish leaped out of water and landed on the shore.
鱼跃出水面落到岸上。
2、突突直跳,猛然行动;如：
His heart leaps up.
他的心扑通地跳。
3、闪过；突然想起；如：
The idea leaped into his mind.
这个想法突然闪过他的脑海。
leap也可用作n.,作"跳跃，飞跃，（数量）剧增"，如：
China's economy has made a great leap forward in recent years.
中国的经济近几年得到了跳跃式的发展。
the active leap from perceptual to rational knowledge
从感性认识到理性认识之能动的飞跃

【习语】
aleapin the dark 盲目的冒险行动;死
by leaps and bounds 突飞猛进地
with leaps and bounds 飞跃地, 迅速地
leap at 急切地抓住(机会等)

【背句子记单词】
Look before you leap.
要三思而后行。
As I look back, scenes of the past leap before my eyes.
追忆往事，历历在目。

Lover's quarrels are soon mended.
夫妻没有隔夜仇

mend，修补，改善。字面意思是，恋人间的争吵好得快。用一句地道得中文来表达就是，夫妻没有隔夜仇。

In mid-April, snow still caps the mountains surrounding Bryce Canyon. Over millions of years, the canyon floor has been slowly pushed upward by great forces below the earth.

暮春四月，布莱斯峡谷的山脉依然有着如冠覆顶的积雪。历经百万年之久的漫长、巨大的地壳变动而产生的持续、缓慢的向上拥积，才形成了如今的峡谷地貌。

Conduct and Courtesy

Father: The school report gives you a D for conduct and an A for courtesy. How did you manage that?
Cuthbert: Whenever I punch someone, I apologize.

品德与礼貌

父亲：学校的成绩单上给你的品德分是D，礼貌分是A，你这是怎么搞的？
卡斯伯特：无论我什么时候打了人，过后我都会向人家道歉的。

NOTE
conduct n.
行为, 操行
courtesy n.
谦恭, 允许, 礼貌