| 词汇 | hurtling |
| 释义 | hurtling present participle ofhurtle 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 bowl down/along something cannonball gallop leg make a dash for something make good timeidiom make hasteidiom make off outrun outrush rush scorch scuttle shoot whizz Examples of hurtlinghurtling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The water molecules that form that river are forever in flux, hurtling down to the sea, eventually merging with it within days or weeks. For those who enjoy the occasional frisson of mindnumbing fear, the ultimate adrenaline rush is a mountain hurtling from the sky. You now face the allegedly new problem of an illuminated trolley's hurtling towards the five. An out-of-control trolley is hurtling down a track. 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? 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 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 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 They have also conjured up images of our modern day health care system hurtling towards an imminent and inevitable doomsday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trade balance deficit is now hurtling its way down into the region of £2,000 million a year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It sometimes feels that you are on a pinball machine, hurtling from one thing to another. 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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