soar
verb- [intransitive]
if the value, amount or level of something soars, it rises very quickly synonym rocket急升;猛增 soaring costs/prices/temperatures 猛增的成本;飛漲的物價;驟升的溫度 Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels. 空氣污染將很快超過安全水平。 Unemployment has soared to 18 per cent. 失業率飙升至18%。
Homophones soar | soresoar sore- soar verb
Fuel prices are set to soar. 燃料價格將會飙升。
- sore adjective
My eyes are sore from staring at a screen for too long. 我的眼睛因爲盯着屏幕看太久而疼痛。
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyc1Soaring costs have made progress difficult. 猛增的成本使進展變得困難了。 Borrowing is set to soar to an astonishing £60 billion. 借款很有可能猛增至驚人的 600 億英鎊。 Inflation has soared from 5 per cent to 15 per cent. 通脹率從5%飙升至15%。 Profits have soared dramatically in recent months. 近幾個月來利潤猛增。 Property stock has soared to new heights. 地産股飛漲並創新高。 Retail sales soared by 10 per cent in the twelve months to November. 在截至去年11月的12個月裏,零售額飙升了10%。 The death toll soared past 100 000. 死亡人數激增,超過了 10 萬人。 The fuel shortage sent prices soaring. 燃料短缺使價格飛漲。 This model will soar up the sales charts. 這個型號的銷售業績將猛升。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- dramatically
- be expected to
- be set to
- by
- from
- to
- …
- send something soaring
- soar to new heights
- [intransitive] soar (up) (into something)
to rise quickly and smoothly up into the air 升空;升騰 The rocket soared (up) into the air. 火箭升空。 - (figurative)
Her spirits soared (= she became very happy and excited). 她情緒高漲。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airc1The plane was soon soaring up into the sky. 飛機很快就要升空了。 The ball went soaring past my head. 那球從我的頭頂飛過。 She stopped suddenly and her bag went soaring through the air. 她驟然停下,於是乎手提包嗖地飛到半空中。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- overhead
- up
- …
- above
- across
- into
- …
- [intransitive]
to fly very high in the air or remain high in the air 高飛;翺翔 an eagle soaring high above the cliffs 在山崖上空高高翺翔的鷹
Extra ExamplesTopics Birdsc1A buzzard soared high overhead. 一只鵟在高空翺翔。 The jets soared above us. 噴氣式飛機在我們上空翺翔。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- overhead
- up
- …
- above
- across
- into
- …
- [intransitive]
to be very high or tall 高聳;聳立 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- overhead
- up
- …
- above
- across
- into
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- [intransitive]
when music soars, it becomes higher or louder (音樂)升高,增強 soaring strings 激昂的弦樂 Her voice would soar over the orchestra with little effort. 她的聲音不費吹灰之力就能在管弦樂隊上空翺翔。
Word Originlate Middle English: shortening of Old French essorer, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aura ‘breeze’.