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quantum jump

量子跳跃,量子跃迁,量子跳,量跃

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Physics. an abrupt transition of a system described by quantum mechanics from one of its discrete states to another, as the fall of an electron in an atom to an orbit of lower energy.
    • : any sudden and significant change, advance, or increase.

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Examples

  • The collection includes kimono capes and hand woven jump overalls.

  • In August 1984, I arrived at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, eager to jump into college life.

  • Why not finish hard on a cliffhanger and the next one just jump straight back in?

  • Would I like to tell half the people I work with to go jump off a cliff?

  • Her new friends jump to her defense and loudly tell the clerk to back off.

  • The sound of my step shall make your heart jump; a look from me shall make you dumb for an hour.

  • We haven't even seen a review of the piece; the footlights go up with a jump, and now the curtain rises.

  • And it did not take Squinty long to learn to jump the rope when there was no apple on the other side.

  • It'll be beastly dull for her at The Warren, you see, poor girl; and she doesn't seem to jump at Spunyarn, though he does hang on.

  • And it is quite true that the particular employer can no more break away from these limits than he can jump out of his own skin.