Little warning before you jump into this marriage bussiness: you are not just marrying him, you are marrying his family。
——《The Big Bang Theory 》在你跳进婚姻这个大坑前,先嘱咐你两句:你嫁的不光是他这个人,还有他的家庭。 ——《生活大爆炸》
一、下面我们来看看jump有几种含义
n.
1.跳跃
I say this jump was preemptive.
我说这样跳叫是先发制人的。
2.障碍
He skipped over a great jump in the Olympic Games to break the world record.
他在奥运会上纵身一跃打破了世界纪录。
3.暴涨
The jump in food prices gave rise to a lot of complaint.
食品价格的猛涨引起了许多不满。
v.
1.(使)跳跃;跳过 [I,T]
The wall is so low that they can jump it with ease.
这墙很低,他们可以轻而易举地跳过去。
2.快速移动;猛地一动 [T]
We jump to them quickly from the shadow, and they were terrified.
我们在阴影里突然一动吓了他们一跳。
3.突升;暴涨;猛增 [I,T]
The price of an average cone could jump by 30% this summer alone.
普通蛋卷冰激淋的价格仅在今年夏天就会上涨30%。
4.略过 [T]
Press the "skip" button can jump the movie's boring part directly to see the wonderful ending.
按快进键可以跳过电影无聊的部分直接看精彩结局。
二、词义辨析:
jump, leap, spring, hop, bound, skip
这些动词均有“跳,跳跃”之意。jump是普通用词,指用双脚向上跳,向下跳,或在同一平面上跳到有一定距离的某一点上,或跳过。leap常可与jump换用,但侧重身体猛力向上升起并朝前急冲的动作,有时含突然的意味。spring更强调有力和弹跳的运动。hop指单脚短跳或双足猛力的动作。也指小鸟、青蛙等的跳。bound多指向前向上或向下跳跃、奔跳。skip指两脚交替轻地跳或跨的动作。
三、你知道jump和哪些词更搭吗?
jump for joy
高兴得跳起来,欢呼雀跃
jump off
开始;开始进攻
jump on
扑向,袭击,攻击;斥责
triple jump
n. 三级跳远
high jump
跳高
四、学会jump的用法了吗?来做个小测验吧~
He ____ed the first fence beautifully.
他轻松地跨过第一道栏。