单词 | irrupt |
释义 | ir·rupt (ĭ-rŭpt) intr.v. ir·rupt·ed, ir·rupt·ing, ir·rupts 1. To break or burst in: The boys irrupted into the kitchen. 2. Ecology To increase rapidly in number, especially beyond the normal range: snowy owls that irrupted southward. [Latin irrumpere, irrupt- : in-, in; see IN-2 + rumpere, to break; see reup- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] ir·ruption n. |
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