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。