zoom

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

zoom [zoom zooms zoomed zooming] verb, noun BrE [zuːm] NAmE [zuːm]
verb
1. intransitive + adv./prep. (informal)to move or go somewhere very fast
Syn: ↑rush, Syn: ↑whizz
•Traffic zoomed past us.
•For five weeks they zoomed around Europe.
2. intransitive ~ (up) (to…) (informal) (of prices, costs, etc.)to increase a lot quickly and suddenly
•House prices have zoomed up this year.
•Shares zoomed from 1567p to 1700p.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: imitative.

Example Bank:
•She spends her time zooming around the country.
Derived: ↑zoom in
 
noun
1. countable = ↑zoom lens
•a zoom shot
2. singular the sound of a vehicle moving very fast

Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: imitative.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  soar, rapid climb, rapid growth, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom along, whizz, whizz along