Lurch
[lɜːtʃ] or [lɝtʃ]
解释:
(noun.) an unsteady uneven gait.
(noun.) the act of moving forward suddenly.
(noun.) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); 'the pitching and tossing was quite exciting'.
(noun.) a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage).
(verb.) defeat by a lurch.
(verb.) move abruptly; 'The ship suddenly lurched to the left'.
(verb.) move slowly and unsteadily; 'The truck lurched down the road'.
多拉编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
(n.) An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables.
(n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
(v. t.) To leave in the lurch; to cheat.
(v. t.) To steal; to rob.
(n.) A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind.
(v. i.) To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man.
(v. i.) To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
(v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
埃伦校对
同义词及近义词:
n. (Naut.) Sudden roll.
v. n. (Naut.) Roll suddenly.
珍妮整理
解释:
n. an ancient card-game: in cribbage the position of the party who has gained every point before the other makes one.—v.t. to overreach: (arch.) to steal.—Leave in the lurch to leave in a difficult situation without help.
v.i. to evade by stooping to lurk: to roll or pitch suddenly to one side (as a ship).—n. a sudden roll of a ship.—n. Lurch′er a name applied to any dog with a distinct cross of greyhound: one who lies in wait: a glutton.
弗洛西录入
例句:
- As she passed Mr. Gryce, the train gave a lurch, and he was aware of a slender hand gripping the back of his chair. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Don't believe that I'll leave you or yours in the lurch, Mat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Do you think I forget your always coming home to sell and pocket everything, and going off again leaving us in the lurch? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He even prepared to go away, to leave her in the lurch. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- As to any help from me, or as to any opposition that I can offer to such a match, you shall not be left in the lurch, my love. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- On the first occasion Mr. Thomas Traddles was left--let me say, in short, in the lurch. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The car lurched and swayed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The country roads seem to be not very good in that part of the world, for we lurched and jolted terribly. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Anything you need me for advise me, Fernando said and shut his eyes again and the pain lurched in him. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The seaman lurched across the room and took up the pen. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Two more shots came from the thick brush and Aymo, as he was crossing the tracks, lurched, tripped and fell face down. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- I was riding beside her when suddenly her animal staggered and lurched against mine. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Suddenly he lurched wildly to one side and pitched violently to the ground. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- It seemed wonderful to him that any one should perform with such careless ease the difficult task of making tea in public in a lurching train. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
丹尼校对