soar
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /sɔː/
美 /soɹ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act of soaring.
— c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor this apparent soar of the hooded falcon
- An upward flight.
动词 v.
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To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
— When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
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To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
— The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
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To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
— Such where the deep tranſported mind may ſoare / Above the wheeling poles,
词源
词源 1
From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.
词源 2
From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.
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