| 单词 | throw |
| 释义 | throw (θroʊ ) Word forms: throws , throwing , threw , thrown 1. verb A2 When you throw an object that you are holding, you move your hand or arm quickly and let go of the object, so that it moves through the air. He spent hours throwing a tennis ball against a wall. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] On one occasion, his father threw a radio at his mother. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] The crowd began throwing stones. [VERB noun] Sophia jumps up and throws down her knitting. [VERB noun with adverb] He threw Brian a rope. [VERB noun noun] Synonyms: hurl, toss, fling, send Throw is also a noun. One of the judges thought it was a foul throw. A throw of the dice allows a player to move himself forward. [+ of] throwing uncountable noun B1 He didn't really know very much about javelin throwing. 2. verb B2 If you throw your body or part of your body into a particular position or place, you move it there suddenly and with a lot of force. She threw her arms around his shoulders. [VERB noun preposition] He threatened to throw himself in front of a train. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] He set his skinny legs apart and threw back his shoulders. [VERB noun with adverb] 3. verb B1 If you throw something into a particular place or position, you put it there in a quick and careless way. He struggled out of his bulky jacket and threw it on to the back seat. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Why not throw it all in the pot and see what happens? [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: toss, fling, chuck [informal], cast 4. verb B2 To throw someone into a particular place or position means to force them roughly into that place or position. He threw me to the ground and started to kick. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] The device exploded, throwing Mr Taylor from his car. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Synonyms: bring down, fell, floor, prostrate 5. verb B2 If you say that someone is thrown into prison, you mean that they are put there by the authorities, especially if this seems unfair or cruel. Those two should have been thrown in jail. [be V-ed + in/into] They will throw us into prison on some pretext. [V n + in/into] 6. verb If a horse throws its rider, it makes him or her fall off, by suddenly jumping or moving violently. The horse reared, throwing its rider and knocking down a youth standing beside it. [VERB noun] Synonyms: dislodge, unseat, upset, overturn 7. verb If a person or thing is thrown into an unpleasant situation or state, something causes them to be in that situation or state. Abidjan was thrown into turmoil because of a protest by taxi drivers. [be VERB-ed preposition] Economic recession had thrown millions out of work. [VERB noun preposition] The border dispute has thrown next week's meeting into confusion. [VERB noun preposition] 8. verb If something throws light or a shadow on a surface, it causes that surface to have light or a shadow on it. The sunlight is white and blinding, throwing hard-edged shadows on the ground. [V n + on/onto] Synonyms: cast, project, give off, send 9. verb If something throws doubt on a person or thing, it causes people to doubt or suspect them. This new information does throw doubt on their choice. [V n + on/upon] She did not attempt to throw any suspicion upon you. [V n on/upon n] 10. verb [no cont] If you throw a look or smile at someone or something, you look or smile at them quickly and suddenly. Emily turned and threw her a suggestive grin. [VERB noun noun] Synonyms: direct, shoot, cast, give 11. verb B2 If you throw yourself, your energy, or your money into a particular job or activity, you become involved in it very actively or enthusiastically. She threw herself into a modelling career. [V pron-refl + into] They threw all their military resources into the battle. [VERB noun + into] 12. verb If you throw a fit or a tantrum, you suddenly start to behave in an uncontrolled way. I used to get very upset and scream and swear, throwing tantrums all over the place. [VERB noun] 13. verb If something such as a remark or an experience throws you, it surprises you or confuses you because it is unexpected. The professor rather threw me by asking if I went in for martial arts. [VERB noun] Obviously the puncture threw me a little, but I'm reasonably happy. [VERB noun] Synonyms: confuse, baffle, faze, astonish Throw off means the same as throw. I lost my first serve in the first set, it threw me off a bit. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 14. verb If you throw a punch, you punch someone. Everything was fine until someone threw a punch. [VERB noun] Synonyms: deliver, land 15. verb When someone throws a party, they organize one, usually in their own home. [informal] Why not throw a party for your friends? [VERB noun] Synonyms: organize, give, host, arrange 16. verb When someone throws a switch, they turn it on or off. The Prince threw the switch to light the illuminations. [VERB noun] Synonyms: operate, flick, switch on, click on 17. verb In sports, if a player throws a game or contest, they lose it as a result of a deliberate action or intention. ...offering him a bribe to throw the game. [VERB noun] 18. countable noun B2 A throw is a light rug, blanket, or cover for a sofa or bed. 19. a throw phrase If things cost a particular amount of money a throw, they cost that amount each. [informal] Most applications software for personal computers cost over $500 a throw. Synonyms: each, for one, apiece, per item 20. throw oneself at sb phrase If someone throws themselves at you, they make it very obvious that they want to begin a relationship with you, by behaving as though they are sexually attracted to you. I'll say you started it, that you threw yourself at me. 21. to throw the baby out with the bath water phrase [VERB inflects] If you throw the baby out with the bath water, you lose the good parts of something as well as the bad parts, because you reject it as a whole instead of just removing what is bad. [informal] 22. to throw the book at someone phrase [VERB inflects] If someone in authority throws the book at someone who has committed an offence, they give the offender the greatest punishment that they are allowed to. 23. to throw someone in at the deep end phrase If you are thrown in at the deep end, you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation. If you jump in at the deep end, you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation. [mainly British] It's a superb job. You get thrown in at the deep end and it's all down to you. Don't jump in at the deep end without thinking things through. 24. to throw down the gauntlet phrase If you throw down the gauntlet to someone, you say or do something that challenges them to argue or compete with you. Luxury car firm Jaguar has thrown down the gauntlet to competitors by giving the best guarantee on the market. Synonyms: issue a challenge, challenge 25. to throw up your hands phrase [VERB inflects] If someone throws up their hands, they express their anger, frustration, or disgust when a situation becomes so bad that they can no longer accept it. She threw up her hands in despair. Or are they just going to throw up their hands and say you're asking too much? 26. to throw light on something phrase To shed light on, throw light on, or cast light on something means to make it easier to understand, because more information is known about it. A new approach offers an answer, and may shed light on an even bigger question. 27. to throw in your lot with someone phrase If you throw in your lot with a particular person or group, you decide to work with them and support them from then on, whatever happens. He has decided to throw in his lot with the far-right groups in parliament. 28. to throw money at something phrase If you say that someone is throwing money at a problem, you are critical of them for trying to improve it by spending money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful and practical things to improve it. [disapproval] The Australian government's answer to the problem has been to throw money at it. 29. to throw good money after bad phrase If you say that someone is throwing good money after bad, you are critical of them for trying to improve a bad situation by spending more money on it, instead of doing more thoughtful or practical things to improve it. [disapproval] Further heavy intervention would be throwing good money after bad. 30. to throw a spanner in the works phrase If someone throws a spanner in the works, they prevent something happening smoothly in the way that it was planned, by causing a problem or difficulty. [British] A bad result is sure to throw a spanner in the works. 31. a stone's throw phrase If you say that one place is a stone's throw from another, you mean that the places are close to each other. ...a two-bedroom apartment just a stone's throw from the beach. Just a stone's throw away is the City Art Gallery. 32. to throw in the towel phrase If you throw in the towel, you stop trying to do something because you realize that you cannot succeed. [informal] It seemed as if the police had thrown in the towel and were abandoning the investigation. 33. to throw your weight about phrase [VERB inflects] If someone throws their weight around or throws their weight about, they act aggressively and use their authority over other people more than they need to. [disapproval] 34. to throw a wrench phrase If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem. [US] They threw a giant monkey wrench into the process by raising all sorts of petty objections. [+ into] Phrasal verbs: throw around phrasal verb If you say that someone throws around a word or name, you disapprove of the fact that they mention it frequently, often in an inappropriate way in order to impress someone. [informal, disapproval] Occasionally, he throws fancy words around. [VERB noun PARTICLE] The name that I've heard thrown around a lot is Jim Morrison. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] throw aside phrasal verb If you throw aside a way of life, a principle, or an idea, you abandon it or reject it. Detectives threw aside professional training and caution. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Exceptional patients have the ability to throw statistics aside to say, 'I can be a survivor'. [VERB noun PARTICLE] throw away 1. phrasal verb B1+ When you throw away or throw out something that you do not want, you get rid of it, for example by putting it in a rubbish container. I never throw anything away. [VERB noun PARTICLE] I'm not advising you to throw away your makeup or forget about your appearance. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you throw away an opportunity, advantage, or benefit, you waste it, rather than using it sensibly. Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity. [VERB PARTICLE noun] We should have won. We threw it away. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 3. See also throwaway throw back 1. phrasal verb If you throw something back at a person, you remind them of something bad they did in the past, in order to upset them. I should never have told you that. I knew you'd throw it back at me. [V n P + at] 2. phrasal verb [usually passive] If someone is thrown back on their own powers or resources, they have to use them, because there is nothing else they can use. We are constantly thrown back on our own resources. [be V-ed P + on] throw down phrasal verb If you throw down a challenge to someone, you do something new or unexpected in a bold or forceful manner that will probably cause them to reply or react equally strongly. The regional parliament threw down a new challenge to central government. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The team have responded to the challenge thrown down by their boss. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] throw in 1. phrasal verb If you throw in a remark when having a conversation, you add it in a casual or unexpected way. Occasionally Farling threw in a question. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If a person who is selling something throws in something extra, they give you the extra thing and only ask you to pay for the first thing. Pay £4.80 for larger prints and they throw in a free photo album. [VERB PARTICLE noun] They were offering me a weekend break in Paris–with free meals thrown in. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] throw off 1. phrasal verb If you throw off something that is restricting you or making you unhappy, you get rid of it. ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Depression descended upon him, and he could never throw it off. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If something throws off a substance, it produces it and releases it into the air. The belt may make a squealing noise and throw off sooty black particles of rubber. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The star grew 30% brighter and threw off huge amounts of radiation. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. phrasal verb If you throw off people who are chasing you or trying to find you, you do something unexpected that makes them unable to catch you or find you. He is said to have thrown off pursuers by pedaling across the Wisconsin state line. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He tried to throw police off the track of his lover. [VERB noun PARTICLE noun] 4. See also throw [sense 13] throw out 1. throw away [sense 1] 2. phrasal verb If a judge throws out a case, he or she rejects it and the accused person does not have to stand trial. The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb B2 If you throw someone out, you force them to leave a place or group. He was thrown out of 14 schools in 11 years. [be/get V-ed P + of] I wanted to kill him, but instead I just threw him out of the house. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of] Directors at the Italian insurer threw out the chief executive in a boardroom coup. [VERB PARTICLE noun] throw together 1. phrasal verb If you throw something together, for example a meal or a costume, you make it quickly and not very carefully. [informal] She throws together meals on the kitchen table. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If people are thrown together by a situation or event, it causes them to get to know each other, even though they may not want to. The cast and crew were thrown together for 12 hours a day, six days a week. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] At school these two found themselves thrown together quite regularly. [VERB-ed PARTICLE] My brother is constantly thrown together with young people through his work. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE + with] throw up 1. phrasal verb B2 When someone throws up, they vomit. [informal] She said she had thrown up after reading reports of the trial. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If something throws up dust, stones, or water, when it moves or hits the ground, it causes them to rise up into the air. If it had hit the Earth, it would have made a crater 100 miles across and thrown up an immense cloud of dust. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you say that a building or structure is thrown up, you mean that it is built or made very quickly, usually so that it is not of very good quality. In the slums, dwellings are thrown up in any available space. [be VERB-ed PARTICLE] Youths threw up barricades on the streets. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 4. phrasal verb To throw up a particular person or thing means to produce them or cause them to become noticeable. [mainly British] The political struggle threw up a strong leader. [VERB PARTICLE noun] These studies have already thrown up some interesting results. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Idioms: throw your hat into the ring or throw your cap into the ring to become one of the people taking part in a competition or contest He said straightaway that he would play. I am delighted that he has decided to throw his hat into the ring. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw in your hand to give up trying to do something After a brief bounce, Wall Street crashed again, and the financier had to throw in his hand. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones said to mean that you have faults and so you should not criticize other people for their faults When will they learn? People in glass houses really shouldn't throw stones. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw down the gauntlet to do or say something that challenges someone to take action or to compete against you The truckers threw down their gauntlet to the government after an all-night meeting of their strike committee Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw something back in someone's face to reject something that someone has said or done for you in a way that seems very ungrateful or rude We extended the hand of friendship and you have thrown it back in our faces. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw someone to the dogs to allow someone to be criticized severely or treated badly, for example in order to protect yourself from criticism or harm, or because you no longer need them He will trick you, use you, and throw you to the dogs. He'll do anything to save his own skin. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw someone a curve ball [mainly US] to surprise someone by doing something unexpected, sometimes putting them at a disadvantage Our plan is to go into the winter with our reservoirs full, just in case Mother Nature throws us a curve ball next spring. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw caution to the wind or throw caution to the winds to do something without worrying about the risks and danger involved This was no time to think, he decided. He threw caution to the winds and rang the bell of the ground-floor flat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw the book at someone to give someone the greatest punishment that is possible for the offence that they have committed `If this is found to be true, then we will throw the book at the clubs involved,' the chairman of the league said yesterday. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw someone off balance to suddenly confuse or surprise someone She was trying to behave as if his visit hadn't thrown her off balance. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw the baby out with the bath water to reject something completely, the good parts as well as the bad Even if we don't necessarily like that, we're not going to throw the baby out with the bath water. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw someone to the lions to allow someone to be criticized severely or treated badly, without trying to protect them Tanya isn't sure exactly why she's been thrown to the lions. She traces it back to quotes she made about the business that were reproduced out of context. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw someone off the scent to deliberately confuse or deceive someone who is trying to find out the truth about something, by making them believe something that is not true The murderer tried to throw the cops off the scent by claiming that he saw another man attacking the woman. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw someone for a loop or knock someone for a loop to shock or surprise someone very much The banker was surprised to find Johnson in his usual high spirits. If Kravis's offer had thrown him for a loop, Johnson wasn't letting it show. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw a spanner in the works [British] to cause problems which prevent something from happening in the way that it was planned. The usual American expression is throw a wrench into the works. If Britain objects, this would throw a spanner in the works and could damage the prospects of the treaty being successfully concluded. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a stone's throw from somewhere very close to a particular place Burke found employment and rented a flat a stone's throw from his new office. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw in your lot with someone to decide to join someone and to share whatever good or bad things happen to them That does not mean that France is ready to throw in its lot with other Community states on defence matters. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw a wobbly or throw a wobbler to lose your temper in a noisy, uncontrolled, and childish way, often about something unimportant I can't even lie in the bath without him throwing a wobbly because there are a few shampoo bottles with the lids off. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw in the towel to stop trying to do something, because you know that you cannot succeed It seemed, initially, as if the police had thrown in the towel and were planning to abandon the investigation, but the following day the interviews resumed. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw your weight about [British] or throw your weight around to behave aggressively and use your authority over other people more forcefully than you need to Jonathon Rose, defending, told the jury: `My client is the sort of person who likes to throw his weight around after he's been watching rugby with the lads.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw your weight behind someone or something to do everything you can to support a person, plan, or campaign The U.S. government is promising now to throw its weight behind the peace negotiations. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw someone to the wolves to allow someone to be criticized severely or treated roughly, and not try to protect them 'In any political scandal the first 24 hours normally determines whether someone survives or has to be thrown to the wolves,' said a party insider. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw a wrench into the works or throw a monkey wrench into the works to cause problems which prevent something from happening in the way that it was planned. The British expression is throw a spanner in the works. When Elton was robbed it threw a monkey wrench into the works. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw good money after bad to spend a lot of money in an attempt to get back money that you have already lost, for example in a bad investment We are not offering any more cash; we don't want to throw good money after bad. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw money at something to try to solve or improve a problem by spending a lot of money on it, instead of thinking about it carefully or doing other things The government's answer to the problem has been to throw money at it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers throw mud to try to spoil a person's reputation by saying bad things about them or by telling lies The newspaper and magazine articles that followed were especially vicious, with supporters of both stars quick to throw mud. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: throw a touchdown He was the first player at the school to ever score touchdowns via rushing, receiving, punt return, kick return and throw a touchdown pass. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the first two games, the 49ers had zero turnovers, but they had yet to throw a touchdown pass. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ponder was able to throw a touchdown to tie the game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He did not throw a touchdown pass and threw nine interceptions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This season even a victory dance after throwing a touchdown pass was held against him. Times, Sunday Times My head was thrown violently from side to side and my body was pummelled by the constant pounding the vehicle was taking from the course we were trying to tame. The Sun Then you hit your forties, and the priorities and pleasures of a holiday are thrown violently into reverse. Times, Sunday Times He was thrown violently forward against the front of the canopy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Eyewitnesses described the collision as brutal, with passengers being thrown violently around the carriages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But with just two days to go the field has been thrown wide open. The Sun My life has been thrown wide open. The Sun A partnership of 56 for the seventh wicket was ended and the gate to victory thrown wide open. Times, Sunday Times The clean slate provided by the new stadium means that the history books are thrown wide open and records are up for grabs in all categories. 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