Tra từ leap - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

leap [leap leaps leaped leapt leaping] verb, noun BrE [liːp] NAmE [liːp]
verb (leapt, leaptBrE [lept] ; NAmE [lept] )or (leaped, leaped)
1. intransitive, transitive to jump high or a long way
•+ adv./prep. A dolphin leapt out of the water.
•We leapt over the stream.
•~ sth The horse leapt a five-foot wall.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. to move or do sth suddenly and quickly
•She leapt out of bed.
•He leapt across the room to answer the door.
•I leapt to my feet (= stood up quickly).
•They leapt into action immediately.
• (figurative)She was quick to leap to my defence (= speak in support of me).
•The photo seemed to leap off the page (= it got your attention immediately).
•His name leapt out at me (= I saw it immediately).
3. intransitive ~ (in sth) (from…) (to…) to increase suddenly and by a large amount
Syn: ↑shoot up
•The shares leapt in value from 476p to close at 536p.
more at jump/leap to conclusionsjump/leap to the conclusion that… at ↑conclusion, your heart leaps at ↑heart
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning ‘run’, also to ↑lope.

Example Bank:
•Don't be so nervous— anyone would think I was about to leap on you.
•He almost leaped down the stairs when he heard who it was.
•He leaped down from the ladder and ran over to her.
•He leaped onto his horse and rode off.
•He leaped out of bed when he heard the telephone.
•Rose immediately leaped to her feet.
•She leaped across the puddles.
•She leaped clear of the water.
•The horse leaped over high fences.
•The photograph seemed to leap off the page at her.
•children leaping about with excitement
•A dolphin suddenly leapt out of the water.
•Shares leapt in value from 476p to close at 536p.
•She was quick to leap to my defence.
•The company saw pre-tax profits leap to £14.5 million in 2004.
•The horse galloped on, leaping fences and hedges as it came to them.
•The people on the shore were leaping up and down and shouting.
Idioms: ↑by leaps and bounds ▪ ↑leap in the dark ▪ ↑look before you leap
Derived: ↑leap at something

noun
1. a long or high jump
•a leap of six metres
•She took a flying leap and landed on the other side of the stream.
• (figurative)His heart gave a sudden leap when he saw her.
• (figurative)Few people successfully make the leap from television to the movies.
2. ~ (in sth) a sudden large change or increase in sth
•a leap in profits
see also ↑quantum leap

Word Origin:
Old English hlēapan (verb), hlȳp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lopen, German laufen (verb), and Dutch loop, German Lauf (noun), all meaning ‘run’, also to ↑lope.

Example Bank:
•He made a flying leap at the ball.
•His technique has come on in leaps and bounds this season.
•I chose to take a leap of faith and do the movie.
•There has been a quantum leap in profits since 1995.
•They've made a great leap forward with their building in the last few years.
•a dramatic leap in the number of people out of work
•a great leap into the unknown
•a leap from $632 to $735
•a leap in prices