zoom
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++zoom1 /zuːm/ verb [intransitive] informal 1 [always + adverb/preposition]FAST/QUICK to go somewhere or do something very quickly 疾行前往；快速做事 SYN whizz, zipzoom off/around/down etc Brenda jumped in the car and zoomed off. 布伦达跳上汽车，疾驰而去。 The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours. 这工作容易得很，我两三个小时就干完了。2 (also zoom up)INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT to increase suddenly and quickly 陡升；激增 SYN escalatezoom to Inflation zoomed to 123%. 通货膨胀激增到123%。3 zoom in phrasal verb informal TCPif a camera zooms in, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem bigger and closer 〔镜头〕拉近 on The camera zoomed in on the child’s face. 摄像机将孩子的脸拉近了。4.zoom out phrasal verb informal TCPif a camera zooms out, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem smaller and further away 〔镜头〕推远→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
zoom• The camera zoomed close to show my California license plates.• The plane zoomed low over the airfield.• A fire engine zoomed past us.• It is possible that this has contributed to the risk of the glider zooming too high just after take off.zoom2 noun [singular] 1.informalCSOUND a sound made by a vehicle that is travelling fast 〔车辆快速行驶时发出的〕隆隆声，嗡嗡声Origin zoom1 (1800-1900) From the soundzoom1 verbzoom2 nounChinese
to very go or Corpus something quickly do somewhere
zoom
zoom1 /zuːm/ 
verb [intransitive] informal
SYN whizz, zip
zoom off/around/down etc
Brenda jumped in the car and zoomed off.
The work was really easy and I was able to zoom through it in a couple of hours.
2. (also zoom up) to increase suddenly and quickly
SYN escalate
zoom to
Inflation zoomed to 123%.
zoom in phrasal verb
if a camera zooms in, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem bigger and closer
zoom in on
The camera zoomed in on the child’s face.
zoom out phrasal verb
if a camera zooms out, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem smaller and further away
zoom2 noun [singular]
informal a sound made by a vehicle that is travelling fast
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verb [intransitive] informal Date: 1800-1900
Origin: From the sound
1. [always + adverb/preposition] to go somewhere or do something very quickly Origin: From the sound
SYN whizz, zip
zoom off/around/down etc
2. (also zoom up) to increase suddenly and quickly
SYN escalate
zoom to
zoom in phrasal verb
if a camera zooms in, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem bigger and closer
zoom in on
zoom out phrasal verb
if a camera zooms out, it makes the person or thing that you are taking a picture of seem smaller and further away
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noun [singular]informal a sound made by a vehicle that is travelling fast
