leap
The act of leaping or jumpingThe act of leaping or jumping.
» How many days are there in a leap year?
Wie viele Tage hat ein Schaltjahr?
Скільки днів у високосному році?
Значення
значень: 11The act of leaping or jumping.
He made a leap across the river.
1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics Changes of tone may proceed either by leaps or glides.
Sprung, Satz
скачо́кskačók, прыжо́кpryžók
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
Sprungweite
скачо́кskačók
the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
(збірне)A group of leopards.
(переносно)A significant move forward.
Sprung, Satz
скачо́кskačók, ры́во́кrývók, проры́вprorýv
(переносно)A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
It's quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.
A fault.
Verwerfung
Copulation (by a male animal) with a female one.
A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
A small cataract over which fish attempt to jump; a salmon ladder.
A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
Half a bushel.
Приклади
речень: 154How many days are there in a leap year?
Скільки днів у високосному році?
deWie viele Tage hat ein Schaltjahr?
Tom leapt for joy.
Том підстрибнув від радощів.
The dog leaped at a stranger.
ruСобака прыгнула на незнакомца.
He leaped over the shallow ditch.
ruОн перепрыгнул через неглубокую канаву.
deEr sprang über den flachen Graben.
Next year is a leap year.
Переклади
мов: 7За значеннями 2
За значеннями 3
Походження
From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, frFrom Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.
From Middle English lep, from Old English lēap (“basket”), from Proto-West Germanic *laup, from Proto-Germanic *laupaz (“container, basket”). Cognate with Icelandic laupur (“basket”).
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