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leap [leapt, leapt, leaping, leaps] verb [UK: liːp] [US: ˈliːp] | 跳跃 /tiàoyuè/verb 跳躍verb 飛躍verb 飞跃 /fēiyuè/verb |
leap [leaps] noun [UK: liːp] [US: ˈliːp] | 跳noun |
leap day (extra day in a leap year) noun | 閏日noun 闰日 /rùnrì/noun |
leap of faith (act of believing in something despite proof) noun | 信仰之躍noun 選擇相信noun |
leap second (a second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time) noun [UK: liːp ˈsek.ənd] [US: ˈliːp ˈsek.ənd] | 閏秒noun 闰秒 /rùnmiǎo/noun |
leap year (366-day year in the Gregorian calendar) noun [UK: liːp ˈjiə(r)] [US: ˈliːp ˈjɪr̩] | 閏年noun 闰年 /rùnnián/noun |
leapfrog (game) noun [UK: ˈliːp.frɒɡ] [US: ˈliːp.ˌfrɒɡ] | 蛙跳 /wātiào/noun |
leaps and bounds (idiom: considerably) adverb | 大幅度地 /dàfúdù de/adverb 突飛猛進adverb 突飞猛进 /tūfēiměngjìn/adverb |
Great Leap Forward (Great Leap Forward (in China)) proper noun | 大跃进 /Dàyuèjìn/proper noun 大躍進proper noun |
look before one leaps (think before taking action) verb | 三思而後行verb |