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soaring 音標拼音: [s'ɔrɪŋ] adj. 高聳的 高聳的 soaring adj 1: ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; " soaring prices" 2: of imposing height; especially standing out above others; " an eminent peak"; " lofty mountains"; " the soaring spires of the cathedral"; " towering icebergs" [ synonym: { eminent}, { lofty}, { soaring}, { towering}] n 1: the activity of flying a glider [ synonym: { glide}, { gliding}, { sailplaning}, { soaring}, { sailing}] Soaring \ Soar" ing\, a. & n. from { Soar}. -- { Soar" ing* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster]
Soar \ Soar\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Soared}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Soaring}.] [ F. s' essorer to soar, essorer to dry ( by exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out aura the air, a breeze; akin to Gr. ?????.] 1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] When soars Gaul' s vulture with his wings unfurled. -- Byron. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood. [ 1913 Webster] Where the deep transported mind may soar. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Aeronautics) To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 192 Moby Thesaurus words for " soaring": Brownian movement, Olympian, advance, aerial, aeronautics, air service, airline, airy, altitudinous, anabasis, angular motion, ascending, ascension, ascent, aspiring, astronautics, august, aviation, axial, axial motion, back, back- flowing, backflowing, backing, backward, backward motion, ballooning, blind flying, career, clamber, climb, climbing, cloud- seeding, colossal, commercial aviation, contact flying, course, cruising, current, descending, descent, distinguished, dominating, down- trending, downward, downward motion, drift, driftage, drifting, ebbing, elevated, elevation, eminent, escalade, ethereal, exalted, famous, flight, flow, flowing, fluent, flux, flying, forward motion, fountain, general aviation, gliding, glorious, godlike, going, gush, gyrational, gyratory, gyring up, haughty, heroic, high, high- pitched, high- reaching, high- set, high- up, increase, jet, jump, lauded, leap, levitation, lofty, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic, monumental, mount, mounting, noble, oblique motion, ongoing, onrush, outtopping, overlooking, overtopping, passage, passing, pilotage, plunging, progress, progressive, prominent, radial motion, random motion, reflowing, refluence, refluent, reflux, regression, regressive, renowned, retrogression, retrogressive, rise, rising, rocketing up, rotary, rotational, rotatory, run, running, rush, rushing, sailing, sailplaning, saltation, set, shooting up, sideward, sideward motion, sinking, skyscraping, spiring, spout, spring, spurt, steep, sternway, stream, streaming, sublime, subsiding, superb, superlative, supernal, surge, takeoff, taking off, topless, toplofty, topping, towering, towery, traject, trajet, trend, up- trending, upclimb, upcoming, updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, uplifted, upping, upreared, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot, upslope, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep, upswing, upward, upward motion, vault, winging, zooming
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