leapfrog [
'li:pfrɒg]
n. 跳背游戏, 竞相提高
vi. 跳背, 交替前进
vt. 跃过
leapfrogleapfrogged, leapfrogging[ noun ]- advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
<noun.act>
the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends
- a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
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[ verb ]- jump across
<verb.motion>
He leapfrogged his classmates
- progress by large jumps instead of small increments
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Leapfrog \Leap"frog`\, n.
A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps
over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
- As a result, American Stores is expected to leapfrog Kroger Co. and Safeway Stores Inc. to become the biggest grocery chain in the U.S.
- They leapfrog, two jumping over each other from side to side, while one rolls along the floor.
- He aims to leapfrog his British rivals in a new European battle for satellite broadcasting.