soar
/sɔ:(r); sɔr/ v[I, Ipr]
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(a) go up high in the air quickly 急速升入高空
The jet soared into the air. 那架喷气式飞机飞上了天空.
(fig 比喻) Prices are soaring, ierising rapidly. 物价飞涨.
(fig 比喻) soaring temperatures,ie rapidly getting very hot 迅速增高的温度.
(b) be very high or tall 高耸; 矗立
cliffs soaring above the sea 矗立在海上的峭壁
Skyscrapers soar above the horizon. 摩天大楼拔地而起高耸入云.
2 hover in the air without moving the wings or using the engine; glide 翱翔; 滑翔
seagulls soaring over the cliffs 翱翔於悬崖峭壁之上的海鸥
a glider soaring above us 从我们头顶飞过的滑翔机.