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单词 skyrocket
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Definition of skyrocket in English:

skyrocket

nounPlural skyrocketsˈskʌɪrɒkɪtˈskaɪˌrɑkət
  • A rocket designed to explode high in the air as a signal or firework.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is no other arena that offers such a skyrocket to esteem.
    • Edge continues to launch intellectual skyrockets of stunning brilliance.
    • The album opens with a string of potential singles, lined up to be launched like skyrockets.
    • Wats are to be adorned with lanterns, flowers and joss sticks as symbols of worship, and skyrockets will be lit for three days to celebrate.
    • Along with this it vibrates quite violently in the old skyrocket until I get it out and press the yes.
    • The crowd at St Heliers Bay was a rowdy bunch that year, with music, alcohol, fireworks, skyrockets and copious amounts of police.
    • With tailored suits and ties as bright as a skyrocket, he's the Dapper Don.
verbskyrocketing, skyrockets, skyrocketed ˈskʌɪrɒkɪtˈskaɪˌrɑkət
[no object]informal
  • (of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly.

    the cost of the welfare system has skyrocketed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Homer's popularity skyrockets when he is chosen as the leader of a secret organization.
    • Her loving smile made the guilt in my stomach skyrocket, but freed me of my tears.
    • With the implementation of the new system, Huang told the newspaper he expected to see the number skyrocket to 30 percent.
    • Add the proceeds of tax evasion and the figure skyrockets to $1 trillion.
    • In the springtime, when the animal has its growth spurt, this shortage skyrockets to 60 percent.
    • When you talk about fiction, the number skyrockets to 90 percent.
    • We add a touchscreen and suddenly the price for the same spec skyrockets into the $1500 and over range.
    • This figure skyrockets when a team reaches the top flight.
    • As tuition skyrockets, financial aid has become as elusive as that needle in the proverbial haystack.
    • The new series' total point fund skyrockets from $750,000 to $2 million.
    • When these two lock horns, the film's energy level skyrockets.
    • Grind and roast those beans, and the value skyrockets more than 10 times, to $18 a kilo.
    • One effect of that is that the urge to find ways to make a buck rather than a peso for a work-unit skyrockets.
    • Though the bluefin market skyrockets during this time, most of the US catch ends up on the auction block in Tokyo.
    • But when you can rope a World Cup winner, your credibility skyrockets.
    • Indeed, at the first indication of American casualties, political risk skyrockets.
    • My eyes turn to back to Julian and my heartbeat skyrockets.
    • Similarly, the wine list starts at $26 and skyrockets into triple digits pretty quickly.
    • Upon his release, his boxing career skyrockets.
    • The entertainment level just skyrockets on that second viewing.
    Synonyms
    grow larger, grow greater, grow, enlarge, increase, expand, rise, wax, mount, escalate, accelerate, step up, accumulate, surge, multiply, proliferate, snowball, mushroom
    increase, rise, growth, expansion, escalation, acceleration, surge, stepping-up, proliferation, snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing
 
 

Definition of skyrocket in US English:

skyrocket

nounˈskīˌräkətˈskaɪˌrɑkət
  • A rocket designed to explode high in the air as a signal or firework.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Edge continues to launch intellectual skyrockets of stunning brilliance.
    • There is no other arena that offers such a skyrocket to esteem.
    • The crowd at St Heliers Bay was a rowdy bunch that year, with music, alcohol, fireworks, skyrockets and copious amounts of police.
    • With tailored suits and ties as bright as a skyrocket, he's the Dapper Don.
    • Along with this it vibrates quite violently in the old skyrocket until I get it out and press the yes.
    • Wats are to be adorned with lanterns, flowers and joss sticks as symbols of worship, and skyrockets will be lit for three days to celebrate.
    • The album opens with a string of potential singles, lined up to be launched like skyrockets.
verbˈskīˌräkətˈskaɪˌrɑkət
[no object]informal
  • (of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly.

    the cost of housing has skyrocketed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This figure skyrockets when a team reaches the top flight.
    • Add the proceeds of tax evasion and the figure skyrockets to $1 trillion.
    • The new series' total point fund skyrockets from $750,000 to $2 million.
    • My eyes turn to back to Julian and my heartbeat skyrockets.
    • The entertainment level just skyrockets on that second viewing.
    • In the springtime, when the animal has its growth spurt, this shortage skyrockets to 60 percent.
    • But when you can rope a World Cup winner, your credibility skyrockets.
    • Grind and roast those beans, and the value skyrockets more than 10 times, to $18 a kilo.
    • Upon his release, his boxing career skyrockets.
    • Her loving smile made the guilt in my stomach skyrocket, but freed me of my tears.
    • With the implementation of the new system, Huang told the newspaper he expected to see the number skyrocket to 30 percent.
    • When these two lock horns, the film's energy level skyrockets.
    • Indeed, at the first indication of American casualties, political risk skyrockets.
    • When you talk about fiction, the number skyrockets to 90 percent.
    • Similarly, the wine list starts at $26 and skyrockets into triple digits pretty quickly.
    • Though the bluefin market skyrockets during this time, most of the US catch ends up on the auction block in Tokyo.
    • As tuition skyrockets, financial aid has become as elusive as that needle in the proverbial haystack.
    • We add a touchscreen and suddenly the price for the same spec skyrockets into the $1500 and over range.
    • Homer's popularity skyrockets when he is chosen as the leader of a secret organization.
    • One effect of that is that the urge to find ways to make a buck rather than a peso for a work-unit skyrockets.
    Synonyms
    grow larger, grow greater, grow, enlarge, increase, expand, rise, wax, mount, escalate, accelerate, step up, accumulate, surge, multiply, proliferate, snowball, mushroom
    increase, rise, growth, expansion, escalation, acceleration, surge, stepping-up, proliferation, snowballing, mushrooming, skyrocketing
 
 
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