soar

名词 n. 动词 v.
/sɔː/    /soɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of soaring.
    — c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor this apparent soar of the hooded falcon
  2. An upward flight.
动词 v.
  1. To fly high with little effort, like a bird. intransitive
    — When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,
  2. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
  3. To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
  4. To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
    — The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
  5. To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood. figuratively
    — Such where the deep tranſported mind may ſoare / Above the wheeling poles,

词形变化

soars present,singular,third-person soaring participle,present soared participle,past soared past soars plural

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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