词汇 | hurtle |
释义 | hurtle verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] uk /ˈhɜː.təl/ us /ˈhɝː.t̬əl/ to move very fast, especially in a way that seems dangerous: 快速移动;(尤指危险地)猛冲 The truck came hurtling towards us.卡车朝我们猛冲过来。 The explosion sent pieces of metal and glass hurtling through the air.爆炸导致金属和玻璃碎片在空中乱飞。 Synonym lunge to move fast speedHe ran back to his car and sped off. raceShe raced over and hugged me. flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair. beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway. tearA fire truck came tearing down the road. streakBullets streaked across the sky. to run runShe saw him running down the street. sprintI had to sprint to catch the bus. jog"What do you do to keep fit?" "I jog and go swimming." raceHe raced up the stairs to answer the phone. rushEveryone rushed to the door when the alarm went off. dashHe dashed out the door after the dog. Moving quickly agility beetle belt bob up bowl down/along something cannonball gallop gun leg make good timeidiom make hasteidiom make off outrun outrush outsail pelt rush scorch scuttle shoot hurtle | American Dictionaryhurtle verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ] us/ˈhɜr·t̬əl/ to move very fast, esp. in what seems a dangerous way: The truck hurtled along at breakneck speed. Examples of hurtlehurtle The water molecules that form that river are forever in flux, hurtling down to the sea, eventually merging with it within days or weeks. An out-of-control trolley is hurtling down a track. A seven-year-old boy is playing on the railway crossing near his home, oblivious to the express train which hurtles towards him. Our trolley is hurtling down the track, and we are approaching a junction where we have to choose between two tracks that both disappear into the distance. Is it such a wonder that such a profound intrusion into ongoing neural activity should not knock off shards of memory and send them hurtling into awareness? We will then be left with a rundown, boarded-up shopping area alongside a major road on which much traffic hurtles through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not really drafts at all, but large, concrete objects that hurtle past our parliamentary ears. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The country is not drifting but hurtling to an economic crisis of first magnitude, the greatest crisis in time of peace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are hurtling towards the ground at 120 miles an hour, they would like to know that there is no one directly underneath them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The problem with this train is that both of its drivers jumped out of the cab as it was hurtling along the tracks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Along these de facto motorways hurtle container lorries and articulated lorries at the excessive speeds which one-way systems seem invariably to encourage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be much truer to say that we are hurtling toward collision in nuclear juggernauts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Drivers believe that they are beyond harm and can hurtle along the roads, up and down back streets and in and out of traffic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are—or should be, at any rate—hurtling into the third industrial revolution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imagine what will happen to the millions of pounds, ecu, or whatever, that will go hurtling into those countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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