leap

跳ぶ、跳び越える

空中へ跳び上がったり、ある場所から別の場所へ跳んだりすること。

やさしい英語で： To jump into the air or from one place to another.

• The frog leaped into the pond.
• She leapt over a fallen branch.
• Can you leap across that stream?

使い方： leap over/across something (The dog leaped over the fence.); leap from A to B (The cat leapt from the wall to the roof.)

類義語： jump, spring

よく使う表現： leap over something, leap across something, leap into something

跳ばせる

特に馬などの動物に、ものを跳び越えさせること。

やさしい英語で： To make an animal, especially a horse, jump over something.

• He leaped his horse over the fence.
• The rider leapt her mare across the stream.
• Can you leap this pony over the hurdle?

使い方： leap a horse over/across something (She leaped her horse over the ditch.)

よく使う表現： leap a horse, leap something over something

跳躍、ジャンプ

空中に跳ぶ動作、または一度の跳躍で進む距離。

やさしい英語で： A jump through the air, or the distance covered by one.

• One leap took him across the stream.
• The cat reached the shelf with a single leap.
• Her final leap was nearly two metres long.

類義語： jump, bound

よく使う表現： take a leap, great leap, leap across something, make a leap

論理の飛躍

十分な根拠がないまま、ある考えから大きく離れた結論へ進むこと。

やさしい英語で： A big move from one idea to another, often without enough facts to support it.

• That conclusion requires a huge leap.
• There is a leap in your reasoning here.
• Calling him guilty involves several unsupported leaps of logic.

類義語： jump

よく使う表現： logical leap, leap in reasoning, leap of logic