| 词汇 | headlong |
| 释义 | headlong adverb, adjective uk /ˈhed.lɒŋ/ us /ˈhed.lɑːŋ/ [ before noun ] with great speed or without thinking: 速度很快地；轻率地 plunge headlongThe car skidded and plunged headlong over the cliff.汽车一打滑，从悬崖上冲了下去。 headlong rushIn the headlong rush to buy houses, many people got into debt.在一窝蜂的购房热潮中，很多人都负了债。 US → head-first（同 head-first） Fast and rapid (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom apace as fast as your legs would carry youidiom as if it is going out of styleidiom at a rate of knotsidiom fleet in the twinkling of an eyeidiom Jack Robinson lickety-split light speed lightning like a shotidiom prompt souped-up speed of light spread like wildfireidiom streak super-express superfast wildfire You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Falling and dropping headlong | American Dictionaryheadlong adjective, adverb[ not gradable ] us/ˈhedˈlɔŋ/ very quick or quickly without considering what you are doing: When you break up with someone, the temptation is to rush headlong into a new relationship. Headlong also means moving forward with your head first: a headlong plunge into the lake Examples of headlongheadlong My wife stayed the night and rushed home the next morning for some clothes, headlong, still in shock. For, if grace is withdrawn, a human being falls, no longer standing upright, but cast headlong by free choice. But these developments have yet to result in a headlong dash by liberal intellectuals for religious alternatives. It would not be our first step to rush headlong into the quest for recognition. In their headlong rush for rents, their lack of a product or regional base introduced widespread vulnerabilities. I am like a child in a children's book who has stumbled through a gap in reality and fallen headlong into another world. The findings of the present article suggest a further note of caution even to those who have rushed headlong into the pie production business. Before falling headlong into the evolutionary future of the post-human, it is worth looking at how science fiction operates. Rising to the 100,000 mark by 1950, the city witnessed another decade of rapid growth to reach 180,000 people before running headlong into environmental disaster. He should overcome his prejudices and cowardice, call off this headlong push over the precipice and call an immediate ballot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He also made a comment about the headlong rush of the bulldozers to the site last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anybody who questions this headlong rush to disclosure is pointed out as a conspirator, a plotter, a concealer, an enemy of the people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Moreover, we are also supposed to go further in the headlong flight towards federalism. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I am worried that there is a headlong rush towards a system that will be immutable and which we shall regret over a millennium. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of being given time to assess the outcome, we were rushed by our partners headlong into a new, untried system of a single currency. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of headlong These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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