| 单词 | to leap bounds |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto leap bounds 7. transitive. To spring over; to pass from one side to the other by leaping. Also in to leap bounds (literal and figurative). Also said of a bridge span. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (intransitive)] > go beyond bounds overflowOE overpassa1500 overreacha1568 to leap bounds1597 overruna1600 deborda1653 excur1656 slop1859 to hit the high spots1891 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1871) III. 57 Romulus diede afore thro lepenge the walles of Rome. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 906 Schaw skills and wills occasion quhy, that danger lap the dike. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iv. 21 Be clamorous, and leape all ciuill bounds. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 Let 'em not leap the Ditch, or swim the Flood. View more context for this quotation 1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 93 The Nimrod..Leaps every fence but one. 1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs v, in Poems 11 He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, As ever lap a sheugh or dyke. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake II. ix. 149 Come on, leap it like men! 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 293 The single arched bridge that leaps the Ain. < as lemmas |
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