英语词汇“a leap in the dark”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. Phrases. a leap in the dark: a hazardous action undertaken in uncertainty as to the consequences. by leaps, by leaps and bounds: by sudden transitions; used esp. to express startling rapidity of advance or increase; leap forward: an advance of a marked or notable character.

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the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress [phrase] > by sudden or rapid progress

by leaps and bounds1697

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > hazardous action

a leap in the dark1697

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > sudden, marked, or notable advance

shoot1752

leap-up1875

leap forward1961

1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 73 So, Now I am in for Hobs's Voyage; a great Leap in the Dark.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 353 High o'er the surging Tide, by Leaps and Bounds, He wades, and mounts; the parted Wave resounds.

1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 87 Make Matrimony like Death, be a Leap in the Dark.

1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 154 The telescope, in passing through it [the Milky Way], often goes by leaps from one cumulus to another.

1867 Ld. Derby in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 189 952 No doubt we are making a great experiment, and ‘taking a leap in the dark’.

1885 Illustr. London News 8 Aug. 143/2 Electricity has been advanced ‘by leaps and bounds’.

1891 Gladstone in Star 11 Dec. 2/5 I shall proceed by skips and jumps; or, as it is the fashion to say now, by leaps and bounds.

1915 M. B. Lowndes Let. 10 Mar. (1971) 57 Everything is going up, in price, by leaps and bounds.

1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 29 You doubled up when you won, thus increasing your profits by leaps and bounds.

1947 Forum (S. Afr.) 5 Apr. 5/2 The Afrikanerising of the cities..had gone ahead by leaps and bounds.

1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk ii. 63 I make decisions on the spur of the moment, But you'd never take a leap in the dark.

1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 170 The convention..would amount to a great ‘leap forward’ towards a virtual European federation.

1966 Performing Right Oct. 4 The leap forward of nearly 20 per cent in this revenue is a triumph for the skill and hard work of our administrative staff.

1973 Times 21 Mar. (China Trade Suppl.) p. xi/2 The back~yard steel furnaces that sprang up during the Great Leap Forward (1958–60).

单词	a leap in the dark
释义	> as lemmas a leap in the dark c. Phrases. a leap in the dark: a hazardous action undertaken in uncertainty as to the consequences. by leaps, by leaps and bounds: by sudden transitions; used esp. to express startling rapidity of advance or increase; leap forward: an advance of a marked or notable character. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress [phrase] > by sudden or rapid progress by leaps and bounds1697 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [noun] > hazardous action a leap in the dark1697 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [noun] > sudden, marked, or notable advance shoot1752 leap-up1875 leap forward1961 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife v. 73 So, Now I am in for Hobs's Voyage; a great Leap in the Dark. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 353 High o'er the surging Tide, by Leaps and Bounds, He wades, and mounts; the parted Wave resounds. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 87 Make Matrimony like Death, be a Leap in the Dark. 1851 J. P. Nichol Archit. Heavens (ed. 9) 154 The telescope, in passing through it [the Milky Way], often goes by leaps from one cumulus to another. 1867 Ld. Derby in Parl. Deb. 3rd Ser. 189 952 No doubt we are making a great experiment, and ‘taking a leap in the dark’. 1885 Illustr. London News 8 Aug. 143/2 Electricity has been advanced ‘by leaps and bounds’. 1891 Gladstone in Star 11 Dec. 2/5 I shall proceed by skips and jumps; or, as it is the fashion to say now, by leaps and bounds. 1915 M. B. Lowndes Let. 10 Mar. (1971) 57 Everything is going up, in price, by leaps and bounds. 1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 29 You doubled up when you won, thus increasing your profits by leaps and bounds. 1947 Forum (S. Afr.) 5 Apr. 5/2 The Afrikanerising of the cities..had gone ahead by leaps and bounds. 1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk ii. 63 I make decisions on the spur of the moment, But you'd never take a leap in the dark. 1961 Ann. Reg. 1960 170 The convention..would amount to a great ‘leap forward’ towards a virtual European federation. 1966 Performing Right Oct. 4 The leap forward of nearly 20 per cent in this revenue is a triumph for the skill and hard work of our administrative staff. 1973 Times 21 Mar. (China Trade Suppl.) p. xi/2 The back~yard steel furnaces that sprang up during the Great Leap Forward (1958–60). extracted from leapn.¹ < as lemmas
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