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soar

/sawr, sohr/US // sɔr, soʊr //UK // (sɔː) //

飙升,翱翔,腾飞,飞升

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to fly upward, as a bird.
    • : to fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird.
    • : to glide along at a height, as an airplane.
    • : to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain.
    • : to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level: His hopes soared.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of soaring.
    • : the height attained in soaring.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Not the soar of Amanda Gorman’s poem, or the thunderous power of Lady Gaga using a golden microphone to belt the national anthem.

  • While public interest in Ebola continues to dwindle, the epidemic itself continues to soar.

  • And in the summer months, when shootings soar, the city can be a ghoulish playground for those interested in the macabre.

  • Banks, who has spent nearly three decades as an educator, has a book on education reform coming out in September entitled “Soar”.

  • He was the point man in the promotion when Evel Knievel swore he'd soar across Snake River Canyon in a sawed-off rocket ship.

  • Luxury Goods Prices Soar: Believe it or not, the price of a quilted Chanel bag has increased by 70 percent since 2009.

  • He spoke with a grave and silvery pitch that made his words seem to soar lightly over his audience.

  • I have seen one swoop over a terrified flock, claw up a good-sized lamb, and soar away with it as if it were a mouse.

  • Its mountain peaks rise bare and rugged to the skies, where lordly eagles soar.

  • They sometimes soar perpendicularly to a considerable height, with a violent scream.

  • For wages climb upward with leaden feet, my friend, when prices soar with eagle wings.