| 单词 | soar |
| 释义 | soar I. intransitive verb 1. a. < larks soaring into the sky > < birds soared lower and settled on rooftops — Joseph Hitrec > — often used with away < an early gull rose from the water … and soared away into the murk — Nevil Shute > b. (1) < vultures soaring above the plain > < a few lilac-colored clouds soared overhead — G.A.Wagner > (2) of a glider 2. < the final rocket … soared twice as high — Jan Struther > < soared in his sophomore year to an eastern record — Eddie Beachler > < his reputation soaring to its zenith — O.S.Nock > < the thermometer soared up past the century mark — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > < up from the eastern sea soars the delightful day — A.E.Housman > 3. < young soaring imaginations — John Reed > < his soaring idealism — H.S.Commager > < his spirit soared — Stephen Crane > < a man whose desires soared beyond one room — Robertson Davies > — often used with above < soared above the troubles of ordinary people — Marchette Chute > < soar above the facts — A.L.Guérard > 4. a. < mountainsides … soar 3000 feet from the floor of the narrow valleys — M.J.Herskovits > < half-grown oaks and soaring poplars — J.A.G.Hungerford > < soldiers filling the impressive square before the soaring pillars and broad steps — Irwin Shaw > b. < soaring chairs and tramways of all sorts — William Gilman > < the motorist can be soaring 284 feet above the ground at one point and boring through a tunnel … 30 seconds later — Richard Thruelsen > 5. < unemployment was soaring — N.M.Clark > < food prices continued to soar — Current History > < soaring hospital costs — Clarence Axman > 6. a. < a soprano voice soaring ecstatically above the orchestra — Dyneley Hussey > < the welling up of that climactic soaring of symbolic song — Claudia Cassidy > < soared effortlessly through two choruses — H.A.Sinclair > b. < no matter what soaring of verbal eloquence — Leslie Rees > < terse and rich in dialogue … the prose soars in those amazing apostrophes — Douglas Stewart > 7. < soared down that road leaving a trail of dust behind — Frederick Way > < any skier who had soared down a slope — Ford Times > transitive verb 1. archaic < whether thy soul soars fancy's flights beyond the pole — Robert Burns > 2. archaic < soaring the air — John Milton > Synonyms: see rise II. 1. < such soars of fancy > 2. < the soar of a lark > < the soar of song and verse > |
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