If a price, a number, or an amount skyrockets, it goes up a very long way in a very short time.

If a price, a number, or an amount skyrockets如果一個價格、數字或數量 skyrockets（暴漲）it goes up a very long way in a very short time表示它在很短時間內漲了非常多。

News writers love it for rents, oil, temperatures, or case numbers in an outbreak. The picture is a firework rocket shooting straight into the sky — so the rise feels sudden and steep, not a slow climb.

News writers love it新聞寫手很愛用這個字 for rents, oil, temperatures, or case numbers in an outbreak來講房租、油價、氣溫，或疫情中的病例數。The picture is a firework rocket shooting straight into the sky畫面就是一支煙火火箭直直射向天空 so the rise feels sudden and steep所以那種上升感覺很突然、很陡 not a slow climb不是慢慢往上爬。

You will mostly meet this verb. There is also a noun, a kind of firework, which is where the picture comes from; learners almost always meet the money-and-news meaning.

You will mostly meet this verb你多半會遇到它當動詞用。There is also a noun也有名詞用法 a kind of firework指一種煙火 which is where the picture comes from這個畫面就是從這裡來的 learners almost always meet the money-and-news meaning但學習者幾乎都是先遇到跟金錢、新聞有關的意思。

It is informal-to-neutral: fine in newspapers, a bit colourful for a very serious report. The number is what skyrockets: “Prices skyrocketed,” not usually “the boss skyrocketed the prices,” though you will hear people stretch it.

It is informal-to-neutral語氣介於口語和中性之間 fine in newspapers用在報紙上沒問題 a bit colourful for a very serious report用在非常正式的報告裡就有點花俏。The number is what skyrockets暴漲的是數字本身 'Prices skyrocketed,'「Prices skyrocketed（物價暴漲）」 not usually 'the boss skyrocketed the prices,'通常不會說「the boss skyrocketed the prices（老闆把價格弄暴漲）」 though you will hear people stretch it不過你還是會聽到有人這樣用。