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skyrocket

/skahy-rok-it/US // ˈskaɪˌrɒk ɪt //UK // (ˈskaɪˌrɒkɪt) //

飞速上升,飞涨,飞速增长,飞升

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
    • : Also called scarlet gilia. a plant, Ipomopsis aggregata, of the phlox family, native to western North America, having finely divided leaves and clusters of red, trumpet-shaped flowers.
    • : an organized group cheer, usually led by a cheerleader, as at a football or basketball game, which begins with a hissing or whistling and ends with a shout.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to rise or increase rapidly or suddenly, especially to unexpected or unprecedented levels: Prices skyrocketed during the war.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to rise or increase rapidly and usually suddenly: Economic changes have skyrocketed prices.
    • : to thrust with sudden dramatic advancement; catapult: Talent has skyrocketed him to fame.

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Examples

  • We said, if we basically pay you enough to do it at the same time consistently over and over again for a month, we’re going to see this skyrocket in terms of habit formation.

  • When a company that most people have written off more or less for dead suddenly sees its stock price skyrocket by nearly 180% for no apparent reason, it’s the kind of thing that catches one’s attention.

  • Without a dedicated and proactive rescue force, campaigners fear, the death toll in the Mediterranean will skyrocket.

  • They endure further torment as rates of rape, domestic violence and early marriage skyrocket in times of crisis.

  • With an increase in opioid prescriptions starting in the early 2000s, overdoses in the U.S. began to skyrocket.

  • When he mentions a product on his show, its sales skyrocket.

  • And we are all paying the costs as obesity-related health-care expenses skyrocket.

  • But in none of his stories did Alger ever portray a tougher background or give it a bigger skyrocket finish.

  • This abortive attempt to make a skyrocket out of Lindsley's cabin wrought only good to Emilia at first.

  • A skyrocket moves in the same kind of a path, and so does a stone, a bullet, or any other object hurled through the air.

  • It had for some mysterious reason glibly identified as reaction burst into fragments and vanished in a skyrocket chaos.

  • The German submarine seemed to soar in the air like a skyrocket, and came down in a thousand pieces.