/dʒʌmp ||; dʒʌmp/verb1 [I] to move quickly into the air by pushing yourself up with your legs and feet, or by stepping off a high place 跳；跃: to jump into the air/off a bridge/onto a chair 跳起来；跳下桥去；跳到椅子上How high can you jump? 你能跳多高？Jump up and down to keep warm. 跳上跳下吧，可以保暖。 ☞picture at hop 见hop插图
2 [I] to move quickly and suddenly 快速而突然地移动: The telephone rang and she jumped up to answer it. 电话响了，她就赶忙起身去接听。A taxi stopped and we jumped in. 出租车停下来，我们连忙上车。
3 [T] to get over sth by jumping 跳过: The dog jumped the fence and ran off down the road. 那条狗跳过栏杆沿着马路跑去了。
4 [I] to make a sudden movement because of surprise or fear （因吃惊或害怕而）突然一动，吓一跳: ‘Oh, it's only you -- you made me jump,’ he said. “哦，原来是你，真把我吓了一跳。”他说。
5 [I] jump (from sth) to sth;jump (by) (sth) to increase suddenly by a very large amount 激增；暴涨: His salary jumped from £20000 to £28000 last year. 去年他的薪水由20000英镑激增至28000英镑。Prices jumped (by) 50% in the summer. 夏季物价一下子涨了五成。
6 [I] jump (from sth) to sth to go suddenly from one point in a series, a story, etc to another （连续剧、故事等）突然改变情节: The book kept jumping from the present to the past. 这本书的内容穿梭于现在与过去之间。
climb/jump on the bandwagon→
BANDWAGON to be extremely happy about sth 欢跃；雀跃不已
jump the gun to do sth too soon, before the proper time 在合适时间之前行动；过早行动
jump the queue to go to the front of a line of people (
queue)without waiting for your turn 插队
jump to conclusions to decide that sth is true without thinking about it carefully enough 匆匆下结论
jump at sth to accept an opportunity, offer, etc with enthusiasm 迫不及待抓紧机会、接受提议等:
Of course I jumped at the chance to work in New York for a year. 当然，我抓住了去纽约工作一年的机会。